(NASDAQ:AMZN)—Amazon.com today announced that Richard Bach, best-selling
author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull and Illusions, has
published “Illusions II”—a sequel to his 1977 best seller available
exclusively in the Kindle Store as a Kindle Single. With over 60 million
copies of his books sold, Bach is one of the world’s most beloved
authors. His new spiritual memoir is his first comment on his near-death
experience in a plane crash in 2012. “Illusions II: The Adventures of a
Reluctant Student” is available now in the Kindle Singles Store (www.amazon.com/kindlesingles)
for $2.99.
“It’s a thrill to have a writer of Richard’s influence publish his work
as a Single,” said David Blum, editor of Kindle Singles. “Jonathan
Livingston Seagull and Illusions were iconic books
that touched millions of readers. This new Single marks the return of an
important American voice.”
“I never planned to write a follow-up to Illusions,” said Richard
Bach. “But after I was very nearly destroyed in an accident aboard my
seaplane, I wondered if it were not an accident at all, but a test.
Kindle Singles gave me the opportunity to share my story immediately.”
Told with the humor, wisdom and insight that readers loved in Illusions,
“Illusions II” is Richard Bach’s chronicle of his meetings with spirit
guides after his near-death experience from a seaplane crash and a year
spent rebuilding himself and his plane. His memoir is a remarkable
account of lessons learned from friends and loved ones. Bach writes,
“There’s no blessing that can’t be a disaster, and no disaster that
can’t be a blessing.”
Kindle Singles celebrated its third anniversary in January with over 500
titles now in the store, including exclusive, original new writing from
Stephen King, Christopher Hitchens, Susan Orlean and Nelson DeMille.
Kindle Singles are typically between 5,000 and 30,000 words, and include
memoir, reporting, fiction and essays that represent compelling ideas
expressed at their natural length. Writers can learn more about
submitting their work for consideration at www.amazon.com/singlessubmissions.
Like all Kindle books, Kindle Singles are “Buy Once, Read
Everywhere”—customers can read them on their Kindle, on the web with
Kindle Cloud Reader and on free Kindle reading apps for Android, iPad,
iPhone, iPod touch, Blackberry, Windows Phone, Windows 8, PC and Mac.
About Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle,
opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth’s
Biggest Selection. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth’s most
customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything
they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the
lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and other sellers offer millions of
unique new, refurbished and used items in categories such as Books;
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& Garden; Toys, Kids & Baby; Grocery; Apparel, Shoes & Jewelry; Health &
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Services provides Amazon’s developer customers with access to
in-the-cloud infrastructure services based on Amazon’s own back-end
technology platform, which developers can use to enable virtually any
type of business. Kindle Paperwhite is the world’s best-selling and most
advanced e-reader. It features new display technology with higher
contrast, the next generation built-in light, a faster processor, the
latest touch technology, and exclusive new features designed from the
ground up for readers. Kindle, the lightest and smallest Kindle,
features improved fonts and faster page turns. The new Kindle Fire HDX
features a stunning exclusive 7” or 8.9” HDX display, a quad-core 2.2
GHz processor, 2x more memory, and 11 hours of battery life, as well as
exclusive new features of Fire OS 3.0 including X-Ray for Music, Second
Screen, Prime Instant Video downloads, and the revolutionary new Mayday
button. The all-new Kindle Fire HD includes an HD display,
high-performance processor and dual speakers at a breakthrough price.
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