Wednesday, August 07, 2013

Why You Should Worry About Amazon Buying the Right to Publish Kurt Vonnegut Fan-Fiction

Why You Should Worry About Amazon Buying the Right to Publish Kurt Vonnegut Fan-Fiction

        
One of the weirder bits of news sailing through the Internet this week is Amazon’s acquisition, from the Vonnegut Trust, of the right to publish fan-fiction based on the, uh, Kurt Vonnegut universe. The Kindle Worlds program, which struck the deal, has in the past limited its acquisition of rights to series like The Vampire Diaries. Vonnegut is a bit of a square peg in that company. Never mind that it seems to vastly overestimate the American public’s engagement with literary fiction. Are any Vonnegut characters household names? Am I missing something? … Read More

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