Amazon’s Kindle (s AMZN) Worlds program, which secures licenses that allow self-published authors to legally sell Kindle fan fiction based on properties like Gossip Girl and Kurt Vonnegut’s books, added a few more brands to its lineup Wednesday. Among them: Hasbro’s G.I. Joe and Warner Brothers (s WB) shows Veronica Mars and Ravenswood. Cult favorite Veronica Mars is a particularly interesting case because Amazon Prime Instant Video is the exclusive streaming home of that show, and its creator Rob Thomas recently raised over $5 million on Kickstarter to fund a Veronica Mars movie.
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I’m not sure that the term fan fiction is accurate here. The original creators retain enough control that the relationship is closer to a licensing deal than fanfic.
http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2013/06/20/amazon-expands-kindle-worlds-beyond-fanfic-hint-fanfic-was-just-the-smokescreen/