Kindle Worlds -- making a bit of money off of fan-fiction?
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Kindle Worlds -- making a bit of money off of fan-fiction?
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Amazon is working on a new service, Kindle Worlds
Here's a pretty good write-up about it. The big takeaway in the details is that Amazon gets full copyright rights to your work, and no crossovers either. Well, something is better than nothing and maybe a lawsuit. 
.... I'd only use it for fanfic of a property that is downright fascist about their IP protection. Say, the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs.
I'd stay away from it entirely.
ETA: My real concern is for the writers of fanfiction set in properties licensed through this, but who chose not associate themselves with Kindle Worlds. Will the existence of a "legitimate" outlet for fanworks of those properties make those who go their own ways ripe targets for legal action? -- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak.
I would hope not. If anything, there is still the crossovers loophole.
It shouldn't, anymore than there is today. This is more of a monetization plan than anything else.
It's just that I can see the owners of a property going after a fic writer and saying, "Look, we gave you a way to do this legally -- that you don't use it says you want to rob us."
-- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak.
"We don't accept pornography or offensive depictions of graphic sexual acts."
... And half the audience stood up and left... -Morgan. But what if you want to charge zero cents?
Tasteful description of graphic sex acts gratefully accepted...
For anyone intending to be the Shakespeare of the Dirty Sanchez, you have found your niche.  Morganni Wrote:-Morgan. But what if you want to charge zero cents?Didn't the Baen Free Library have trouble with charging zero cents for their works when they partnered with one of the big distributors, as well? -- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012 Quote:robkelk wrote:Yes. They had to end up making "new editions" for Amazon to release, that had something different about them. Usually just new author's notes, or an extra map, or something.Quote:Morganni wrote:Didn't the Baen Free Library have trouble with charging zero cents for their works when they partnered with one of the big distributors, as well? -- Sucrose Octanitrate. Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.
Amazon - the same distributor.
Why am I not surprised. -- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012 |
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