New Zealand Author Wins Kindle Press Contract

New Zealand author Katherine Hayton released her fourth novel, The Three Deaths of Magdalene Lynton, on March 29th 2016. The book is published by Kindle Press, a digital imprint of Amazon that has operated since October 2014. Katherine was awarded the contract by winning a Kindle Scout campaign. Scout is an “American Idol” style talent search program operated by Amazon to scout out new literary talent. Authors who are accepted into the program have 30 days to garner support and impress the editors at Kindle Press.
The Kindle Scout platform opened to New Zealand submissions in September 2015. Katherine independently published three novels before The Three Deaths of Magdalene Lynton, so she was soon ready with a well-edited manuscript and eye-catching cover to promote her latest book. Her campaign ran from 7th January through to 6th February, earning over 2,300 page views and spending 695 hours in the “Hot and Trending” category. Her title was accepted for publication on the 8th February 2016. Katherine is the first New Zealand author selected and published by Kindle Press.
“I’ve always enjoyed the creative and marketing control that an indie author has when they choose to self-publish,” Katherine explains. “However, the downside is that you don’t have the marketing power of a large publishing house, so indie authors struggle to become well-known. With access to the might of Amazon’s in-house marketing, the Kindle Press imprint offers a great avenue for independent authors like myself to dip their toes into the water of traditional publishing.”
Kindle Press offers a balanced hybrid of indie control (authors have final say over cover design and edits, retain print rights, and earn a fifty percent royalty share) and the benefits of a major publisher (authors are paid an advance, receive professional editing, and enjoy the promotional power of the imprint).
The Three Deaths of Magdalene Lynton is set in modern day Christchurch and is the first in a trilogy of novels to feature DC Ngaire Blakes. When a dying man confesses to the forty-year-old murder of Magdalene Lynton it throws doubt on the original coroner’s verdict of accidental death, but neither explanation holds up to scrutiny. As DC Blakes investigates, the person responsible for Magdalene’s death takes drastic steps to halt any further discoveries.
Katherine Hayton is a forty-two-year-old woman who works in insurance, doesn't have children or pets, can't drive, has lived in Christchurch her entire life, and resides a two-minute walk from where she was born. For some reason she’s developed a rich fantasy life and has been publishing the resulting novels since July 2014.

Katherine Hayton (Author)

4 Reynolds Avenue
Christchurch 8053
New Zealand
http://katherinehayton.com

This release was published on openPR.