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Amazon is entering the second leg of their Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, and they're calling on Amazon customers to help them decide which unpublished author scores the grand prize that includes a Penguin Publishing book deal and $25,000 advance. Starting with a pool of nearly 5,000 entries, Amazon this week announced their pool of semifinalist entries and are calling on readers to help whittle those down by reviewing excerpts from the novels.