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SFWA Dissects Kindle Contract
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Content notes for "The Little Shadow Across the Grass"
These are the content notes for " The Little Shadow Across the Grass." Read about the Grunge. The Ghost Dance was meant to " roll…
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Setting notes for "The Little Shadow Across the Grass"
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Character notes for "The Little Shadow Across the Grass"
These are the character notes for " The Little Shadow Across the Grass." Many of the character names came partly from Blackfeet…
April 17 2008, 11:32:02 UTC 13 years ago
April 17 2008, 15:06:20 UTC 13 years ago
It sucks.
Amazon hoards all the advantages, leaving the disadvantages to the writer (who is considered the publisher). Amazon does not promise to protect your work from copyright infringement. The contract can be interpreted to allow others to create derivative works from yours with no recompense to you.
You waive the right to sue Amazon for anything except money allegedly owed to you by Amazon but not paid properly.
There's more, but those are some of the main deal breakers.
It's very disappointing, because Amazon has the potential to be so hugely useful, and they're making themselves very unattractive. The first thing I did when I heard about the Kindle was go check the contract to see if this would be an appealing market for my deadzone fiction. It wasn't.
April 17 2008, 22:04:29 UTC 13 years ago