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Amazon Selling Fanfiction
« on: May 22, 2013, 10:09:39 AM »

http://paidcontent.org/2013/05/22/amazons-new-kindle-worlds-gives-authors-a-way-to-sell-fan-fiction-without-legal-hassles/

It's not so much affecting people like us who write RP Fanfic but still, it's a weird concept to me lol.
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Re: Amazon Selling Fanfiction
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2013, 11:21:41 PM »

Hm... that is interesting.  It does say it could eventually expand to music, so maybe it could affect us down the road.  I'm not sure how I feel about this... too tired to form thoughts right now LOL.
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Re: Amazon Selling Fanfiction
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2013, 12:36:25 AM »

That'll be highly interesting if it hits music. I don't know how I'd feel about that honestly LOL. I read it this morning so I missed the music part.
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Re: Amazon Selling Fanfiction
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2013, 04:19:56 AM »

That might get me back into writing lol
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Re: Amazon Selling Fanfiction
« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2013, 12:23:28 PM »

Not sure how I'd feel about submitting my own stuff, but if others do it, then good luck :)
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Re: Amazon Selling Fanfiction
« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2013, 08:25:15 PM »

Now that I have more time, I read the article again and looked into this a little more.  Here is the Amazon page with all the details: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=amb_link_375976362_1?ie=UTF8&docId=1001197431&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=16MYZCW2EHK9EJ618XTF&pf_rd_t=1401&pf_rd_p=1558872522&pf_rd_i=1001197421

It'll be interesting to see if this is something that takes off or not.  I wonder how readers of these fandoms feel about possibly having to pay for something they once read for free.  That's one downside of it.  I've definitely read fanfics that are worth paying for, but I also know that if I'd had to pay for BSB fics back in the day, I never would have read any.  Selling your stories exclusively for Kindle is pretty limiting.  I'd rather post them for free on AC as well as my personal site and make them available to anyone who wants to read them for free.
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Re: Amazon Selling Fanfiction
« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2013, 11:53:56 AM »

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Re: Amazon Selling Fanfiction
« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2013, 12:53:08 PM »

LOL is that even a picture of NKOTB on the cover?
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Re: Amazon Selling Fanfiction
« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2013, 12:58:18 PM »

Probably! LOL
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