Kindle Worldswas apublisherservice of the online retailerAmazon,devoted to providing a commercial venue forfan fictioncreations of specific licensed media properties. It was established on May 22, 2013, as part ofAmazon Publishing.[1]In August 2018, Amazon shut down the Kindle Worlds website.[2]
The purpose of this service was to publish fan fiction stories of certain licensed media properties to be sold in theKindle Storewith terms including 35% of net sales for works of 10,000 words or more and 20% for short fiction ranging from 5000 to 10,000 words.[1]
Stories hosted on the service were required to abide by some restrictions, including a ban on pornographic or offensive content andcopyrightviolations. The stories must be correctly formatted and were prohibited from using misleading titles.[3]
Licensed properties
editReference List
edit- ^abPepitone, Julianne (3 May 2013)."Amazon's" Kindle Worlds "lets fan fiction writers sell their stories".CNN Money.Retrieved23 May2013.
- ^"Amazon to Shut Down Kindle Worlds - The Digital Reader".15 May 2018.
- ^"Kindle Worlds for Authors".Kindle Words.Amazon. 23 May 2013.Retrieved24 May2013.
External links
edit- Kindle Worlds Store
- Official website for Kindle Worlds authorsArchived2014-06-29 at theWayback Machine
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