Fanfic authors are pulling their works and here's why

[afeelingunacted]

And it's live! For @WIRED, I wrote about the illegal fanbindings have led to some writers to delete their works recently-and how that connects to the current pull-to-publish wave and the ever-broadening, increasingly contextless sphere of fic readers: https://t.co/qEFk1jspFo
- Elizabeth Minkel (@elizabethminkel) February 28, 2024

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Comments

[kawaiiairbender]

Also i was trying to report stuff on Etsy last weekend. And they do not make it easy. And only the copyright holder/lawyer can report for intellectual property theft

Everytime one listing gets taken down another pops up. So it's not like fic authors can handle all that themselves

[mizzyoung]

People selling (stolen) fanfic on Etsy is WIIILD!

[jontargaryen]

If a fic is particularly popular, they don't just sell bound copies. They sell ebooks. Trying to trick people who saw a Tiktok about the fic, but don't know fanfiction is free and can be downloaded to your kindle from AO3. It's gross.

[anagramofbrat]

you can download from AO3 to kindle????

[jontargaryen]

Click "entire work" at the top of the fic page, then click the download button on AO3 and select epub. From there, you can share/send the file to your kindle app. There is also a page on the Amazon site to upload a file to your kindle.

[prlsb4swiine]

WHOA my life is about to change so thank you!

[therearewords]

Wait what?

[mizzyoung]

YUP! I've been hearing about it earlier this week that fandom authors are pulling their fics from online because they're being sold on Etsy without their knowledge or permission :/

[anterrabre]

What in the literal fuck? That's messed up. :(

[therearewords]

How the fuck are people.

[jontargaryen]

They cost $100+.

[bsfan]

Honestly...some of those covers are quite nice. It made me consider buying a printed and bound fic from one of my fandoms. Although probably not for $100

[jontargaryen]

You can bind them yourself if you want. There are tutorials online.

[therearewords]

How the fuck are people.

[amor143x]

I started reading one of those and just couldn't get into it. I can see why they are popular tho, but it's not my thing. However, I still wouldn't pay 100+??? for my fav dramione/drarry fics.

[belle_chouette]

I know I’m a snob but everything about these from the typesetting/typography to the binding is ass.