Requirements for getting a Kindle Development Kit

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Tom Tresansky picture Tom Tresansky · May 17, 2011 · Viewed 7.8k times · Source

How focused a project proposal is required to gain access to a Kindle Development Kit?

From Amazon's Request Access page:

Briefly describe the active content applications you intend to build on Kindle

I don't have a project spec yet, I just want to explore and experiment. I thought about putting that as my description, but I don't want to be denied because my project wasn't fleshed out enough.

What types of applications have people described that have gained them access to the KDK? Has anyone been denied access because of a "bad" proposal? About how long did it take to hear back from Amazon?

Answer

Rob Lourens picture Rob Lourens · Aug 5, 2011

My proposal was something like "I want to make a Reddit app which could do x, y, and z, or maybe something for note-taking." Not much detail, but they actually corresponded with me and asked me if there was anything in particular I would need, how soon I could start, etc. It was an easy process.

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