Amazon Publishing Introduces Kindle Worlds

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#KindleUpdate - Amazon Publishing Introduces “Kindle Worlds,” a New Publishing Model for Authors Inspired to Write Fan Fiction

"Like Kindle Singles and Kindle Serials, Kindle Worlds Adds a New Approach to Digital Publishing"

Amazon Media Room: Press Releases

This looks to be a huge opportunity to jump on asap.

An awesome way to increase sales for everyone.
Will make money for all 3 - Amazon, World Licensor and Authors

Just saw this and wanted to let everyone know that it will be a big deal.

Kindle Worlds
New stories inspired by books, shows, movies, comics, music, and games people love.

Kindle Worlds Bullet Points:
1. Enable any writer to create fan fiction based on a range of original stories and characters and earn royalties for doing so.
2. Allows any writer to publish authorized stories inspired by these popular Worlds and make them available for readers to purchase in the Kindle Store.
3. Pay royalties to both the rights holders of the Worlds and the author.
- Royalty rate (for works of at least 10,000 words) will be 35% of net revenue.
- Experimental royalty rate 20% for short works (between 5,000 and 10,000 words) typically priced under one dollar.
4. In June Kindle Worlds self-service submission platform will open.
5. Visit Announcing Kindle Worlds for more details.

Fans write and publish their own stories based on existing or new characters.

Let's say the story is great and very popular then it could be picked up and made into the new movie.
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  • Profile picture of the author GuruGazette
    Movie or show episode, yep. But you won't earn anything from that:

    From Kindle Worlds for Authors

    Amazon Publishing will acquire all rights to your new stories, including global publication rights, for the term of copyright.
    Kindle Worlds is a creative community where Worlds grow with each new story. You will own the copyright to the original, copyrightable elements (such as characters, scenes, and events) that you create and include in your work, and the World Licensor will retain the copyright to all the original elements of the World. When you submit your story in a World, you are granting Amazon Publishing an exclusive license to the story and all the original elements you include in that story. This means that your story and all the new elements must stay within the applicable World. We will allow Kindle Worlds authors to build on each other's ideas and elements. We will also give the World Licensor a license to use your new elements and incorporate them into other works without further compensation to you.
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    • Profile picture of the author gfMedia
      Yes, I saw that and was about to make the following comment.

      That last part is interesting and maybe not so cool for authors.
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  • Profile picture of the author TycoonRob
    Looks good. I've been thinking about some fan fiction, so now might be a good time to try!
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