Bunt gemischt

[frogspace]

Gleich ist Stammtisch! (Die aktuellen Termine kann man sehen, wenn man der Community fan-stammtisch beitritt.) Hoffentlich schaffe ich vorher noch die neue Haven-Folge. :)

Avengers Rec: I'm Your Nickelodeon by Cluegirl (Steve/Tony, ~22,400 words). First Time. Steve hat Tony versehentlich unter der Dusche beobachtet, was Tony peinlich ist. Steve hält es daher

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[padfootie]

Trefft ihr euch eigentlich immer noch häuptsächlich im Ruhrgebiet?

[frogspace]

Ja, wir treffen uns im Ruhrgebiet.

[padfootie]

Ich überlege ja bereits seit gefühlten (oder tatsächlichen? ;)) 10 Jahren, ob ich nicht auch mal kommen soll ^_^
Kann man da denn auch parken? Mit der Bahn wär mir das zu weit, glaub ich :-/

[stabbim]

Man kann gut parken, ist ja abends und Wochenende. Nächstes Mal treffen wir uns wahrscheinlich in Gelsenkirchen.

[vaysh]

A couple of weeks ago, I did a quick analysis of the then 20 bestselling books published via Kindle Worlds.

Here's what I see happening:
Kindle Worlds is for published, predominantly male authors who are writing tie-ins in predominantly science fiction and alternative history worlds. Those have nothing to do with "real" fanfiction. There always have been tie-ins.

But fanfiction comes with its own genres (hurt/comfort, dark!fic, fluff, genderswap etc. etc.) and its own reader expectations. Only a marginal percentage of the books that a bestselling at Kindle Worlds right now have anything to do with fanfiction that is written from within fandoms and fanfiction communities. Kindle Worlds, right now is a platform for new tie-ins that are not solicited by the original copyright holder. Things, obviously, can quickly change. But this is what I see is happening at Kindle Worlds right now.

[frogspace]

Very interesting! Thanks for the link and the analysis.

Kindle Worlds is for published, predominantly male authors who are writing tie-ins

I don't necessarily think that's what it's for, but have no problem believing that that's what it's turning out to be. They are not going to tap the fanfiction market like that, so they are going to miss the next 50 Shades as well, but it's going to make it harder for professional tie-in writers to get a decent deal while it gets much easier for everyone to publish tie-ins, if they are so inclined. I just wish they would stop calling it fanfiction because that's not what they are doing.