The digital platform is enabling the revival of this category in a way that the physical world never could.

Amazon Shorts will help authors find new readers and help readers find and discover authors they'll love. We hope that by making short-form literature widely and easily available, Amazon.com can help to fuel a revival of this kind of work.

People have told us it's a way to both sample new authors and stay in touch with beloved authors between books.

We think consumers increasingly are ready for it.