Countdown to Kindle Vella’s Farewell: Key Details for Authors

Amazon has announced that Kindle Vella, its episodic storytelling platform, will officially close in February 2025. Starting December 4, 2024, authors won’t be able to publish new episodes, and readers won’t be able to purchase tokens. However, existing episodes will remain accessible to readers who’ve unlocked them until the program’s closure. If you’re an author, now is the time to ensure your stories are ready for this transition. Amazon is encouraging authors to republish their stories as eBooks using Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). Keep reading for a breakdown of the timeline and tips to keep your work accessible to readers.

Official Kindle Vella Announcement
Amazon: Republish Vella Stories to Kindle

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Email from Kindle Direct Publishing:

Hello,

As shared previously, we’ve made the difficult decision to gradually wind down Kindle Vella in February 2025 as the program hasn’t caught on as we’d hoped (https://www.kdpcommunity.com/s/article/Kindle-Vella-Announcement?language=en_US).

As we shared in that post, starting December 4, authors will no longer be able to publish episodes to stories, and readers will no longer be able to buy new tokens. Readers will be able to continue to use remaining tokens to read published stories and episodes until the program closes in February 2025. Authors will continue to earn 50% of what readers spend on tokens used to unlock their episodes until we wind down the program in February 2025. Authors can continue to add new episodes to existing stories until December 4.

We recommend that you publish any remaining episodes as soon as possible and keep your stories live to ensure that readers may finish any stories they have started. We also encourage you to publish your Kindle Vella stories as eBooks on KDP, and we have updated our content guidelines so that you may republish immediately as an eBook (https://kdp.amazon.com/help/topic/G3DJY2Z5WSX5U6WL). To make this process easier, you can now download stories directly from your Kindle Vella Library (https://kdp.amazon.com/help/topic/GUJHP3574Z3DLPZD#republish).

When Kindle Vella closes in February 2025, we will remove all remaining stories. After this, readers will be able to access any of their unlocked episodes from the free Kindle apps on iOS and Android. You do not need to take any action to remove your stories in the meantime.

We will continue to post updates to the KDP Community to remind you of these dates.

For more information, review our Kindle Vella Update FAQ (https://kdp.amazon.com/help/topic/GUJHP3574Z3DLPZD).

Regards,
The Kindle Direct Publishing Team