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height="110" width="95" align="left">Last month,
Amazon decided to try to make some money by
legitimizing "fan fiction," the growing trend for
fans of a story or book series to write their own
stories based on characters or settings of the
original work. While there was some fan fiction
written in the 1960s based on science fiction
"worlds," particularly <em>Star Trek</em>, the
growth of fan fiction has been most closely tied
to the growth of the World Wide Web, which makes
it easier for fan fiction authors to gather
together and distribute their work. If you're
wondering if Amazon's monetized fan fiction will
have much impact on libraries, just remember that
<em>Fifty Shades of Grey</em> started as <em>Twilight</em>
fan fiction.
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font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-06-13/amazon-wants-to-sell-your-fan-fiction-through-kindle-worlds">Amazon
wants to sell your fan fiction through Kindle
Worlds</a> (Bloomberg Businessweek/Olga Kharif
"The company's Kindle Worlds e-book venture
[...] is inviting amateur writers to develop
novels and short stories inspired by the
characters and back stories of the original
works. Amazon is trying to tap into one of
publishing's hottest trends. Fanfic websites, as
they're known, include millions of
aficionado-penned stories, many dating back well
over a decade. One site, FanFiction.net, offers
nearly 650,000 stories about Harry Potter
alone."</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://entertainment.time.com/2013/06/27/amazon-steps-into-the-cloistered-world-of-super-fandom/">Amazon
steps into the cloistered world of
super-fandom</a> (Time/Lily Rothman) "Although
a few famous authors (Anne Rice, for example)
have been vocal in their disapproval of what
they see as appropriation of their work, most
rights-holders turn a blind eye or even
encourage fan fiction, so long as it's an act of
love rather than a commercial venture. The legal
questions behind fan fiction, or fanfic, are a
gray area with no case law, but most fan writers
believe it falls under the doctrine of 'fair
use,' particularly when there's no money
involved."</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/05/amazon-sets-up-system-to-trade-on-controversial-fan-fiction/">Amazon
sets up system to trade on fan fiction</a>
(Ars Technica/Casey Johnston) "There do exist
cases where fan-fiction is legal, such as when
it is sufficiently transformative or a parody.
Even so, those arguments do little to settle the
temper of authors who feel their creations are
being tread upon. Amazon plans to circumvent
this issue by having a cadre of 'World
Licensors,' rights-holders who effectively give
permission to Amazon and other writers to create
and profit from fanfic."</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://readwrite.com/2013/06/27/amazons-launches-its-self-service-platform-for-fan-fiction-authors">Amazon
launches Kindle Worlds store, its self service
platform for fan fiction authors</a>
(ReadWrite/Dan Rowinski) "If you are a fan of
the original 'worlds' that Amazon has made
partnerships with, this type of authorized fan
fiction could be of great entertainment.
Otherwise, Kindle Worlds may be a little bit too
far afield for most people. At the same time, it
is an interesting concept in the world of
publishing and something that has not really
been done en masse before."</li>
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Fact:</em></strong></small><br>
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font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;">Amazon
will pay Kindle Worlds fan fiction authors a 35%
royalty if their work is at least 10,000 words;
20% if it's shorter. The authors of the original
works also get royalties.
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