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Amazon Launches Fan Fiction Platform | PopWatch | EW.com

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Amazon is readying the launch of a new publishing platform called Kindle Worlds where writers will be able to publish and earn royalties from their fanfiction.

For now, fanfic writers are limited to submitting stories about only three TV shows: ABC Family’s Pretty Little Liars, the CW’s Vampire Diaries and Gossip Girl, which aired its series finale on the CW last December. Amazon Publishing has secured licenses for those three properties (all owned by Warner Bros.), though it expects to announce more licenses soon.

Most stories on the publishing platform will be priced between $0.99 and $3.99. More details about submission rules and royalty rates are on Amazon.com. Via ‘Vampire Diaries’ among shows licensed for Amazon fan fic platform | PopWatch | EW.com.

The Big Library Read Experiment | Sourcebooks.com

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A unique pilot program to research book discovery and generate data on libraries supporting authors.

Sourcebooks and OverDrive are partnering on a pilot program that will allow library patrons worldwide the opportunity to read New York Times bestselling author Michael Malone’s acclaimed novel “The Four Corners of the Sky” in ebook format. The Big Library Read is a no cost program in which libraries worldwide promote from their lending catalog a single ebook to their patrons. In addition to creating a global “library book club,” it’s designed to generate data about the positive exposure and sales influence library ebook catalogs provide to authors and publishers. See the full article at Library eBooks: The Role of Libraries in the Book Discovery Process | Sourcebooks.com.

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What Role Should Libraries Have in an Electronic World? | Nathan Bransford, Author

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Although the article is short, the comments generate good discussion arguing the value of libraries.

What Role Should Libraries Have in an Electronic World? | Nathan Bransford, Author

The Digital Shift | Libraries Offer Publishers Local Marketing Advantage

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“With major bookstore chains struggling to draw foot traffic and ebooks proliferating online, publishers are finding it increasingly difficult to help potential customers discover new authors or explore their midlist titles. In this environment, libraries could be powerful partners…”via Libraries Offer Publishers Local Marketing Advantage – The Digital Shift.

guardian.co.uk | Technology — Why the death of DRM would be good news for readers, writers and publishers

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Why the death of DRM would be good news for readers, writers and publishers >> Technology | guardian.co.uk.

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