Amazon's Crowdsourced Publishing Venture Kindle Scout Goes Live

First they dominated the book industry; now retailing giant Amazon is increasing its investment in the publishing sphere by outsourcing its selection process to readers through Kindle Scout, a self-publishing crowdsourcing venture solely for its Kindle e-reader. Would-be authors can now submit their novels to Kindle Scout for readers to peruse, who can then vote whether or not Amazon's e-book publishing company, Kindle Press, should publish them as e-books. Readers who vote for a winning book will receive a free copy to encourage future sales through reviews.