Now Open: Kindle Store Worlds and Self-Service Platform Submission
The Worlds Kindle Store Submission and Self-Service Platform are now open. Customers can enjoy dozens of works from authors including Barbara Freethy (writing in Pretty Little Liars), Charles Sasser (Foreworld Saga) and Anita Clenney (The Vampire Diaries). World’s Kindle Self-Service Submission Platform Enables any writer to publish fan fiction based on a range of original stories and characters and earn royalties for doing so. To browse the store and learn more about Worlds Kindle, visit www.amazon.com / kindleworlds.
Kindle Worlds is a new publishing model que Allows authorized any writer to publish stories inspired by popular Worlds Them and make available for readers to purchase in the Kindle Store, and earn up to a 35% royalty while doing so. Typically Kindle Worlds stories will be priced between $ 0.99 and $ 3.99 and will be exclusive to Kindle. To learn more and get started writing, visit kindleworlds.amazon.com.
Here’s what
licensors and authors are saying about Kindle Worlds:
“It’s actually a gift to be able to take someone else’s creation and see Whether you can take it in a new direction. Watch every show, read every comic book. honor Honor the canon and the fans. There is the reason these stories have become so popular. And do not feel restricted by the universe que has already been created. It reminds me a bit of writing a haiku or a sonnet. que There are rules must be Followed, but Within Those rules, you can go anywhere. Your imagination is the only limit. ” -Carolyn Nash, writer in Archer & Armstrong
“I believe Kindle Worlds has the potential to Increase writership in much the same-way the introduction of the Kindle readership expanded. I am thrilled for the Silo Saga to be a part of this program. It’s a natural fit because for the past year, talented authors have been exploring Silos of Their Own creation, and I look forward to reading more and Worlds to crafting some stories of my ow n. ” -Hugh Howey, World Licensor for the Silo Saga
“I was intrigued by the opportunity to create something que absolutely had to fall inside the canon que someone else came up with. In one way, it was very freeing to the so . Because the universe itself exists, with all the richness of an already established background and history, I could get right into the meat of the story without having to explain everything to the readers. did I try to make it enjoyable and Understandable to a newcomer to the world, however. But there’s a lot I worked to add que hopefully will tickle the fancy of the fans. ” -L.J. McDonald, writer in The Vampire Diaries
“It was great fun to play ‘What if?’ and come up with scenarios had ties to que que things have happened on Vampire Diaries but Which took things in a different direction or Introduced new characters That Could fit into the world of Mystic Falls. There’s probably not a writer al ive who has not fantasized fangirl about being able to write at least one episode of her favorite show, and I’m no different. aren’t While these stories show episodes, it’s still pretty darn cool to be able to write Them with the idea of ??fellow fans reading Them. ” -Trish Milburn, writer in The Vampire Diaries
The Worlds Kindle Store is now open with over 50 commissioned stories including:
“Pretty Little Liars: Stained” by Barbra Annino
“The Vampire Diaries: The Arrival” by Lauren Barnholdt & Aaron Gorvine
“Shadowman: Salvation Sally” by Tom King
“The Foreworld Saga: The Qian” by Aric Davis
“XO Manowar: Noughts and Crosses” by Stuart Moore
Today’s announcement is Also a call to storytellers to join Kindle Worlds. Here’s how the self-service platform submission works:
Choose Your World: Pick the World to write in and read the content guidelines.
Sign Up and Submit: Sign in (or sign up) with your Amazon account and submit your work using our self- submission service platform.
Review and Publish: Amazon Publishing will review your submission for compliance with the guidelines Stated and we’ll publish your work once approved. Each sale of the Work will result in a royalty to the author.
Promote and Track Your Work: Post publication, sign into Author Central to track progress on your work.
“Today, we launch the Kindle Store Worlds que and the platform will enable any writer to benefit from writing in one of the Worlds’ve licensed,” said Philip Patrick, Director, Business Development and Publisher of Kindle Worlds. “We look forward to hearing feedback from readers and writers, and hope to learn and Improve as time goes on.”
Amazon Publishing has already secured licenses from:
Warner Bros. Alloy Entertainment Television Group’s division for its New York Times best-selling book series Gossip Girl, by Cecily von Ziegesar, Pretty Little Liars, by Sara Shepard, and The Vampire Diaries by LJ Smith
Valiant Entertainment is Bloodshot, XO Manowar , Archer & Armstrong and Shadowman Harbinger
Best-selling authors Hugh Howey is Silo Saga, Barry Eisler for his John Rain novels, Blake Crouch is his Wayward Pines Series, and the Foreworld Saga by Neal Stephenson, Greg Bear, Mark Teppo and more
Amazon Publishing is engaged with additional rights holders from different areas of entertainment-books, games, TV, movies and music-and looks forward to announcing future deals soon. To get started writing works in licensed properties and to view the submission guidelines and instructions, visit the Self-Service Platform at kindleworlds.amazon.com Submission. For updates on licensed properties and to buy Kindle Worlds works, visit www.amazon.com / kindleworlds. For regular updates on Kindle Worlds, follow on Twitter @ KindleWorlds.
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