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Fanfiction Authors: HEADS UP

(Non-authors, please RB to signal boost to your author friends!)

An astute reader informed me this morning that one of my fics (Children of the Future Age) had been pirated and was being sold as a novel on Amazon:

(And they weren't even creative with their cover design. If you're going to pirate something that I spent a full year of my life writing, at least give me a pretty screenshot to brag about later. Seriously.)

I promptly filed a DMCA complaint to have it removed, but I checked out the company that put it up -- Plush Books -- and it looks like A LOT of their books are pirated fic. They are by no means the only ones doing this, either -- the fact that """publishers""" can download stories from AO3 in ebook format and then reupload them to Amazon in just a few clicks makes fic piracy a common problem. There are a whole host of reasons why letting this continue is bad -- including actual legal risk to fanfiction archives -- but basically:

IF YOU ARE A FANFIC AUTHOR WITH LONG AND/OR POPULAR WORKS, PLEASE CHECK AMAZON TO SEE IF YOUR STORIES HAVE BEEN PIRATED.

You can search for your fics by title, or by text from the description (which is often just copied wholesale from AO3 as well). If you find that someone has stolen your work and is selling it as their own, you can lodge a DMCA complaint (Amazon.com/USA site; other countries have different systems). If you haven't done this before, it's easy! Here's a tutorial:

HOW TO FILE A COPYRIGHT COMPLAINT FOR STOLEN WORK ON AMAZON.COM:

First, go to this form. You'll need to be signed into your Amazon account.

Select the radio buttons/dropdown options (shown below) to indicate that you are the legal Rights Owner, you have a copyright concern, and it is about a pirated product.

Enter the name of your story in the Name of Brand field.

In the Link to the Copyrighted Work box, enter a link to the story on AO3 or whatever site your work is posted on.

In the Additional Information box, explain that you are the author of the work and it is being sold without your permission. That's all you really need. If you want, you can include additional information that might be helpful in establishing the validity of your claim, but you don't have to go into great detail. You can simply write something like this:

I am the author of this work, which is being sold by [publisher] without my permission. I originally published this story in [date/year] on [name of site], and have provided a link to the original above. On request, I can provide documentation proving that I am the owner of the account that originally posted this story.

In the ASIN/ISBN-10 field, copy and paste the ID number from the pirated copy's URL. You'll find this ten-digit number in the Amazon URL after the word "product," as in the screenshot below. (If the URL extends beyond this number, you can ignore everything from the question mark on.) Once this number has been added, Amazon will pull the product information automatically and add it to the complaint form, so you can check the listing title and make sure it's correct.

Finally, add your contact information to the relevant fields, check the "I have read and accept the statements" box, and then click Submit. You should receive an email confirmation that Amazon has received the form.

Please share this information with your writer friends, keep an eye out for/report pirated works, and help us keep fanfiction free and legally protected!

NOTE: All of the above also applies to Amazon products featuring stolen artwork, etc., so fan artists should check too!

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I know I sound like your mom but you kids need to stop fucking vaping

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There’s nothing funnier than American Trad Caths revealing that they’re just Presbyterians that think Baroque looks cool

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obviously dietary requirements aren't a joke but my grandma sometimes runs errands for her church and i asked her what she's up to today and she said extremely seriously "ive got to track down the body of the gluten free christ, julia"

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The Hatchling by Vyria Durav

Sarric dreamed of dragons all his life; such flights of fancy captured his imagination at a young age and sustained him through the cruelty of the hunters that ruled the isolated mountain town of Rivermist. One day, a real dragon appears before him, dazzling him with her beauty and an answer to the unease that's afflicted him for as long as he remembers. He's eager to take what she offers--but the greedy hunters, driven by tales of treasure hoards, will do everything in their power to destroy her.

The Hatchling is a fantasy about a trans woman's journey of accepting her identity and her new found family.

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i remember watching godzilla: king of the monsters in the cinema and when mothra appeared i was literally just staring slack-jawed because oh my GOD she was so beautiful

also we came out of the cinema and my mum was like. it was a bit loud for me. and i was like. mother its a Fucking Godzilla Movie What Did You Expect

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i know, aang [id in alt] (based on that one vine by matt post)

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If Drag Queens and Kings exist as hyper performances of gender, do Drag Jesters exist for people who Do Not Perform Gender Period. Like, can we show up to the gay club dressed as Mothman and Big Foot like is that a thing

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small reminders you writers might need

Your story does not have to be perfect from the start

A shitty draft is still a valuable draft

A failed story does not equal a failed writer

Your creativity, thoughts and ideas are irreplaceable, and you are more than capable of creating something extraordinary

Rome wasn’t built in a day, give yourself time to grow

You will figure everything out, take a break if you need one

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"Are you holding any tension in your body?"

uh yeah obviously. Where else would I keep it?

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Homeowners: Come out and surrender!

Burglar #1: *Raises flag*

Burglar #2: I think it's supposed to be a white flag. Is that - is that the bisexual flag?

Burglar #1: The man and his wife are hot as fuck.

Burglar #2: You just robbed their home.

Burglar #1: Now, I'm trying to steal their hearts. Oh, he's raising his own flag. *gasps* It's the polyamorous flag. She's signing! They're looking for a third. Hell yeah!

Burglar #1 runs out to greet them only to be met by police officers.

Burglar #1: Damn it! Not again!

Burglar #2: This happened to you more than once?!

The wife: Please, don't hurt him. We really are looking for a third! He's really cute, and he understands sign language. My husband's deaf!

Burglar #2: *muttering as he's put into a cop car* Gary's right. I really need to start vetting my partners. Maybe pick someone who's aromantic and asexual like me.

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Exclusive Cover + Excerpt Reveal: A Darker Mischief by Derek Milman

Today on the site I’m thrilled to be revealing the cover for Derek Milman’s upcoming dark academia YA thriller, A Darker Mischief, which releases from Scholastic on July 2, 2024! Here’s the story: The Honeys meets The Secret History in a work of dark academia like no other — a boarding school thriller about a queer teen from Mississippi who finds himself swept into a world of old money,…