Amazon, the almighty online distributor, has plans in the works to release and publish book titles.

AmazonEncore, Amazon’s newly established and “traditional” publishing company will be focused on re-releasing books from other major publishing companies that are currently out of print.

Their first publication will be the novel Legacy, which was written by a young teenager named Cayla Kluver. Legacy was a bronze medalist in the 2008 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards, a finalist in Young Adult Fiction in the National Best Books Awards 2008, and is sponsored by USA Book News.

Legacy will be re-published as a hardcover edition sometime in August 2009.

Legacy, quite simply, is a fantastical coming-of-age novel about courtship. Princess Alera is being forced to marry an arrogant and unruly suitor named, Steldor. The son of her father’s enemies, Cokyri appears and shows her a different life, one that Alera desires so much more. The novel then thrusts Princess Alera into a wild series of events where she must choose to betray her kingdom for her own desires or hold it together for the good of her people.

Vice President of Amazon books Jeff Belle commented, “Legacy was on a long list of potential AmazonEncore books.” Belle did not comment on how many books Amazon plans to release annually but simply stated that it would depend on “how many great books we can identify.” Belle also commented that additional books would be chosen based on sales information and customer feedback (reviews).

Legacy received 15 total reviews on Amazon; 12 of those 15 were five-star reviews.

In August, Legacy also will be released as an audiobook through Audible, Amazon’s audio book company, as well as a special e-book edition for Amazon Kindle users.

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