A thought on the Kindle Worlds thingy

[huinare]

I just woke up so this may be really poorly articulated, but anyway:

1. I understand the concerns that this flies in the face of fandom culture etc.  I do.
2. I don't feel like fandom overall is threatened by this (this is one case where I'd really hate to have to put my foot in my mouth, of course).  To me it sounds like a new way to get people to write things along the line of, say, Babysitters Club books.  (I don't really know the book series in question admittedly, so I apologize in advance if that analogy is not apt.)

Comments

[engarian.livejournal.com]

I'm perfectly content to sit at the sidelines and see what develops with this since I'm not writing in any of these fandoms, nor do I publish within any unis that are not my own. I can see where this might, however, have some consequences that are unintended and that may affect those of us who are merrily writing along in fandoms as silent, happy contributors.

The thing that really bothers me about this particular event is the contract and how really horrid it is towards the authors. I would never sign a contract like this nor recommend such a contract to others.

- Erulisse (one L)

[huinare.livejournal.com]

I didn't look at the contract stuff in detail so I couldn't speak to that part. For the rest, I could see it possibly having ramifications we wouldn't like, such as an influx of the entitled "you should write this fic exactly how I would have written it" ff.net-style reviewers, but I don't think it's a given that it'll really affect fandom at all.