Cats & Dogs Living Together: A Response to the Kindle Worlds Announcement

saathi1013:

Your fandom weather report for the day: The sky is not falling, but you’ll want an umbrella, because we’ve got a heavy shitstorm settling in for the duration.

Okay, so I woke up today to the news that Amazon is now launching Kindle Worlds.  [ Press Release ] [ Kindle Worlds page ]

I have spent the entire day trying to come up with a coherent response.  It’s such a massive topic that I don’t know where to begin - but coming on the heels of yesterday’s post about publishing & fanfiction (which was specifically about fanfic that gets the ‘serial numbers filed off’ before publishing), I felt an obligation to write a follow-up in the light of Amazon’s announcement.

You should probably read those links before you freak right the fuck out, because it’s totally okay to get outraged, here, but probably not for the reasons you think.

Now let’s dissect the likely reactions from all quarters and compare them to the actual facts:

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    I’m a bit late on the uptake here, but some important things to consider about Kindle Worlds. Seemed iffy from the start...

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    Long story short: Making money on fanfic sounds great, but Amazon is asking you to sell your soul to them and give them...

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