The Game Has Changed

[neo_prodigy]

So it appears the game has changed for fanfic writers.

Fellow authors, your thoughts?

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Comments

[shanejayell]

Well, sorta.

There's only a few series they're taking submissions for, so far, and in fact the whole thing kind of resembles how tie in writing works for pro novelists.

http://whatever.scalzi.com/2013/05/22/amazons-kindle-worlds-instant-thoughts/

[kittenmommy]

Oh, ugh. And here my first reaction was, "Awesome!". Yeah, not so much.

[jess_faraday]

Hm. Do the creators of the original work get a piece of this? As an author I'm dubious. If I were a big name making more money than I knew what to do with, I'd probably think 'whatever.' But I'm not. On the other hand, my publisher is *highly* unlikely to grant such licenses, so....

It'll be interesting to see where this goes.

[jess_faraday]

Scalzi says: good for the media conglomerates, good for Amazon...not so great for the fan-ficcers themselves.

Things that make you go hmmmmmmmmm.

[gement]

It is SO WEIRD being on the inside of a thing and thus not being able to dive into discussion of it.

That said, little birds could quite possibly bring common concerns to the attention of relevant parties.

[corinneduyvis]

Interesting idea, but iffy in execution.

* The worlds people get to play in are packaged/work-for-hire products, meaning there's no one original author who gets the profits, but instead the publishers/packagers. I'm not at all opposed to publishers getting money (I am quite a fan of publishers!) but it's something fanfic authors should be aware of.

* They own even the original creations in the fanfic you submit that way. Any OC, plot, setting, world-building detail, etc. you create, they can use in official media with zero royalties paid to the ficcer.

* No porn? Do they even know fanfic? Jeez.