Amazon this week launched an experimental feature for its popular platform and tablet for digital books, Kindle.

The function @ author provides a new form of interactivity, which by their nature can only be offered in an eBook.

Any answers will be presented by the author not in real time as they will depend on the availability of it.

Thus, the user can for example ask the author about the motives for creating a particular character, or the sources from which he picked up his inspiration. Amazon has developed guidelines for the kinds of questions that the reader can do.

It also requires the reader to speak briefly. As the function name implies, the system uses Twitter as a communication channel. Questions can not exceed 100 characters.

After marking a text or a paragraph, the reader may ask your question by typing @ author before the question. The eventual response of the writer will be emailed to the user.

Initially, Amazon has twelve writers who try to answer the extent of its possibilities. Apart from that, the Kindle will allow all stakeholders to respond or comment on the questions asked by readers. In case of too large a flow of responses, the user will always have the possibility to cancel the preferences of the software.

Image: Eight of the 12 writers participating in the initiative of Amazon Kindle.

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