It is composed of 15 imprints including AmazonEncore, AmazonCrossing, Montlake Romance, Thomas & Mercer, 47North, and Topple Books.

[11] Also in May, it was announced Amazon had hired Larry Kirshbaum, former CEO of Time Warner Book Group, to head a new general-interest imprint.

[17][18] In June 2012, Amazon purchased Avalon Books, a small 62-year-old publisher that specializes in romance and mysteries with a back-list of around 3,000 titles.

[19] In November, it was announced that Laurence Kirshbaum's position would expand to include "editorial leadership for the Seattle and New York adult imprints, as well as Amazon Children's Publishing.

In December 2012, Brilliance Audio, a division of Amazon, announced the creation of a publishing imprint called Grand Harbor Press which will focus on original self-help and inspirational hardcover, paperback and e-books.

[22] In March, Amazon announced a New York-based literary fiction imprint that will publish novels, short stories and memoir.

[25] In October 2013, Amazon Publishing announced a new weekly digital literary magazine called Day One.

[29] In February 2018, Amazon Publishing announced a new imprint Topple Books focused on revolutionary feminist voices with Jill Soloway as the Editor-at-Large.

[27] The titles included Christmas recipe books and others without much market appeal, they were the "creatures from the black lagoon of the remainder table" according to a former employee James Marcus.

[31] In addition to the lackluster performance of the group, Kirshbaum drew unwanted attention in the summer of 2013 when a lawsuit was filed against him for sexual assault.

In addition David Blum was named publisher and editor in chief of the Little A and Two Lions imprints; he is based in New York City.

[34] Kindle Worlds was established on May 22, 2013, as part of Amazon Publishing devoted to providing a commercial venue for fan fiction creations of specific licensed media properties.

[27] For example, it purchased two high-profile books at auction including Timothy Ferriss' The 4-Hour Chef for 1 million dollars, which did worse than his previous titles; and My Mother Was Nuts, a memoir by Penny Marshall, for eight-hundred thousand dollars, which only sold seventeen thousand copies.

"); and Amazon's culture of machines, algorithms and mass products which do not fit well with the publishing world's emphasis on human networking and reputation.