Fanlib: Saving... I Mean Exploiting The Children

[stewardess]

Wow. It's actually possible for FanLib to get sleazier.

Tired, perhaps, of those uppity older women, FanLib is going after the young adult market.

At another "pay us to circulate your press release as if someone cared" site, FanLib has announced a fanfiction writing contest based on Scott Westerfeld's "Uglies" seriesWesterfield has approved

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[tejas]

Is this where I mention that my 13 year old thinks writing fanfic is just *wrong*, Mom!

That's my little literature geek! :-)

[angelofsnow]

That slogan says it all: "No Hiatus. Because Fans Never Take A Break." It really makes me think this might have something to do with the upcoming writer's strike.

If anyone wants more info about the writer's strike I found a useful interview here:
http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news.php?id=7430

The writer's strike could start anytime between November 1st, and June 2008.

[melyanna]

Oh, Chris! "Tapping into" the loyal young fans is a new low, even for you.

But don't you see? He's tapping into the phenomenon. And it's not him! It's Simon & Schuster

[half_elf_lost]

It's even younger...Nick Jr. encourages children to send in their art and they show it onscreen.

[okelay]

Scott Westerfeld quotes, on that press release, fanlib's motto/slogan/declaration almost word by word saying "for fans,reading isn't enough...yadda yadda yadda"

now, i read uglies. i liked it. quite a lot. i've only ever read the first one, since i haven't been able to get my hands on any of the other volumes and i was seriously considering buying them off amazon. (since they're impossible to find here) but now, i dont think i will.
i can't respect and author who doesn't respect his fans. and encouraging them to participate in fanlib's contest? is not respecting them. it's not good for them. if he wants them to write fic, say so, but not because a creepy site like fanlib payed you to.

what quality of fics you think they'll get with their audience consisting primarily of 13yrs old?