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Originally Posted by SensualPoet
"Kindle Singles" aren't "short books"; they are a different category of books and will be merchandised separately.
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Strictly speaking, they shouldn't be anything that recent publishing ventures would call a "book". They won't fit the economics of the modern publishing houses. Going back in time, though, you'd find print analogs in the days of pamplets and folios. Or, as suggested, specific items from the heyday of the literary magazines and the pulps.
If this succeeds in the marketplace it will be the place for the 21st century Conan Doyles, Dickenses (as pointed out), Asimovs and Clarkes, and, possibly Shakespeares. ;-)
Certainly worth a try.