just a tad disturbing!
Amazon ventures into fanfic. But can it make money?
http://www.nbcnews.com/business/amazon-ventures-fanfic-can-it-make-money-6C10052546
The ecommerce giant has announced the launch of Kindle Worlds, a fan fiction publishing platform that will give super-fans of Gossip Girl, Vampire Diaries and Pretty Little Liars a place to let their imaginations run wild - and legally make money writing about characters somebody else dreamed up.
Amazon said Kindle Worlds will open for business in June, and that it plans to add more franchises. The original owners of the material will have some say over what they deem appropriate use, and Amazon has some rules of its own, like prohibiting pornography.
Lots more in the article, but wow, never thought I'd see the day this would happen.
http://www.nbcnews.com/business/amazon-ventures-fanfic-can-it-make-money-6C10052546
The ecommerce giant has announced the launch of Kindle Worlds, a fan fiction publishing platform that will give super-fans of Gossip Girl, Vampire Diaries and Pretty Little Liars a place to let their imaginations run wild - and legally make money writing about characters somebody else dreamed up.
Amazon said Kindle Worlds will open for business in June, and that it plans to add more franchises. The original owners of the material will have some say over what they deem appropriate use, and Amazon has some rules of its own, like prohibiting pornography.
Lots more in the article, but wow, never thought I'd see the day this would happen.