Kindle Worlds on Amazon

[Joxcenia]

Kindle Worlds was a publisher service of the online retailer Amazon, devoted to providing a commercial venue for fan fiction creations of specific licensed media properties. It was established on May 22, 2013, as part of Amazon Publishing. In August 2018, Amazon shut down the Kindle Worlds website.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindle_Worlds

Licensed Properties:



A:

• The Abnorm Chronicles
• Archer & Armstrong
• The Arrangement / H.M. Ward
• Atlantis: The Origin Mystery

B:

• Barefoot Bay / Roxanne St. Claire
• Billionaire Universe / Melody Anne
• Blame It on Texas / Carolyn Brown
• Bloodshot
• Body Movers by Stephanie Bond
• Brotherhood Protectors / Elle James

C:

• The Callaways / Barbara Freethy
• The Chronos Files / Rysa Walker
• Club Privé / M.S. Parker
• Codename: Chandler
• Corps Security in Hope Town / Harper Sloan
• Crimson Worlds

D:

• Dallas Fire & Rescue / Paige Tyler
• Dare to Love / Carly Phillips
• The Dead Man
• Doublesight Fantasy
• The Drazen World / CD Reiss

E:

• Eternal Warrior
• The Extinction Cycle Series / Nicholas Sansbury Smith

F:

• Fallen Empire
• The Fidelity World / Aleatha Romig
• First Street Church Romances / Melissa Storm
• The Foreworld Saga
• Four Weddings and a Fiasco by Lucy Kevin

G:

• Game For Love by Belle Andre
• The Lizzy Gardner Files
• G.I. Joe
• Gossip Girl
• Grayslake: More than Mated

H:

• Happily Ever Alpha / Aurora Rose Reynolds
• Harbinger
• Hell Yeah! / Sable Hunter
• Hope Falls by Melanie Shawn
• Hot SEALs / Cat Johnson

I:

• Imperfect Love / Kendall Ryan[li]

J:

• Jack Daniels and Associates / J.A. Konrath
• Jet

K:

• The Krinar Chronicles / Anna Zaires

L:

• Laguna Beach / Kaira Rouda
• Legacy Fleet / Nick Webb
• The Lei Crime Series / Toby Neal
• Lone Star Burn / Ruth Cardello

M:

• The Dane Maddock Adventures by David Wood
• Magic, New Mexico / S.E. Smith
• Magic & Mayhem / Robyn Peterman
• Veronica Mars
• Mary O'Reilly Paranormal Mysteries
• Memories ~with~ The Breakfast Club / Two Series by Felice Stevens
• The Miss Fortune Series
• The Montana Sky Series
• Muirwood

N:

O:

• The Omega Team / Desiree Holt
• The 100
• One True Mate / Lisa Ladew

P:

• Paranormal Dating Agency / Milly Taiden
• Passion, Vows & Babies / Fiona Davenport
• The Perseid Collapse Series / Steven Konkoly
• The Phoenix Agency by Desiree Holt
• Plain Fame Series / Sarah Price
• Plundered Chronicles / Alex Westmore
• Pretty Little Liars

Q:

• Quantum and Woody

R:

• John Rain
• Ravenswood
• The Remingtons by Melissa Foster
• The Royals of Monterra by Sarah Wilson
• The Runes Universe / Ednah Walters
• Sydney Rye Series / Emily Kimelman

S:

• St. Helena Vineyard Series
• Sand Saga
• Sapphire Falls / Erin Nicholas
• Sassy Ever After / Milly Taiden
• Shadow Ops / CJ Lyons
• Shadowman
• Silo Saga
• Southern Roads by Stephanie Bond
• Southern Shifters by Eliza Gayle
• Special Forces: Operation Alpha

T:

• The Kathleen Turner Series by Tiffany Snow

U:

• Unity

V:

• Valiant Comics
• The Vampire Diaries
• Vampire for Hire
• Vampire Girl / Karpov Kinrade

W:

• Wanted / Kelly Elliott
• Wayward Pines
• Wild Irish / Mari Carr
• The World of Kurt Vonnegut
• World of de Wolfe Pack / Kathryn Leveque

X:

• X-O Manowar

Y:

Z:

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2014: web.archive.org/web/20140801000000*/https://kindleworlds.amazon.com/

2015: web.archive.org/web/20150801000000*/https://kindleworlds.amazon.com/

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2017: web.archive.org/web/20170801000000*/https://kindleworlds.amazon.com/

2018: web.archive.org/web/20180401000000*/https://kindleworlds.amazon.com/

2019: web.archive.org/web/20190601000000*/https://kindleworlds.amazon.com/

[Joxcenia]

Amazon's Kindle World published fan fiction for a few years. The authors and creators licensed the rights to publish fan fiction based on their stories, and story worlds. I'm not sure why Amazon shut down Kindle World, but perhaps fanfic writers could seek out a publishing license with any of the above indie authors, and get permission to publish their fanfic. The original indie authors could be added to the author list so that they could get a percentage of the royalties when that work is sold. Whatever percentage that is worked out as a part of the licensing agreement.

I don't know how well this alliance will work. Perhaps Amazon was right in shutting it down. Maybe it was just too much of a hassle, for too little money. I think it was a good idea, for those who gave it a try. Maybe individuals can do a better job on their own, than a company that was only in it for the money they could get from fanfic readers. They didn't care that the fanfic readers loved owning a copy of their favorite fanfic, and that the fanfic writers loved making money from their hard work, and got to hold a copy of that work in their hands.

Which is why I'm suggesting this. I saw a BookTok video of someone who created a book for a friend of her favorite fanfic story. She did a beautiful job on it. It looked like a newly published book. And when some asked for a copy of their own, she informed them that fanfic can't be published . . . which brought to mind Kindle World . . . and I thought, well, if the original author is an indie author, and this author doesn't have a problem with fanfic based on her story/world/etc., then the fanfic author could ask for permission to publish their fanfic. To request a license that granted them permission to publish their fanfic. Which had me decide to post this thread. So, the rest is up to any fanfic writers who read this thread.

Me, personally, I wouldn't allow fanfic of my works to be published, but that's just me. There are plenty of indie authors out there who don't have a problem with it. And, it doesn't hurt to ask.