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Ebook Fan Fiction Archive
May. 1st, 2008 12:30 amFor the last five to six months I've been working on creating an archive for fan fiction that's already formatted for ebook readers, such as the Sony PRS-500/505. This is just one example. At the moment there are 4 or 5 other ebook readers on the market not counting people reading on PDAs and cell phones.
Truthfully, I didn't actually spend all that time on the design of the site, mostly it took so long because I kept going back and forth debating how would be the best way to share all the fan fiction I've already formatted for my reader and yet at the same time encourage authors to start sharing their work in a slightly different format. At this point in time there are no archives or websites to download fan fiction in the formats ebook readers would accept. Mostly because of the size of the ebook screens the font has to be somewhere near size 18-20, metatag information has to be entered, and ebook readers don't read html so the stories have to be saved in RTF/LRF/TXT or some other format which varies depending on the book reader.
I finally came to the conclusion that I was wasting time worrying that authors would reject this idea out of hand and went ahead with setting up an ebook archive. This morning I finally took the password protection off the site.
This archive will host Gen/Het/Slash fan fiction. It's not limited to just one fandom. Right now the only stories hosted are from Supernatural because Supernatural is my current fandom but I hope to expand upon that.
Here is the link to the archive: Ebook Fan Fiction Archive
I am currently looking for co-admins to help run the archive. Mostly, I need help contacting authors to request permission, uploading stories from authors who do grant permission, and converting stories into ebook ready formats. Anyone that is interested helping can email me at amalthia at gmail.com
I'm willing to accept help from anyone that's willing, even if you don't own an ebook reader.
Truthfully, I didn't actually spend all that time on the design of the site, mostly it took so long because I kept going back and forth debating how would be the best way to share all the fan fiction I've already formatted for my reader and yet at the same time encourage authors to start sharing their work in a slightly different format. At this point in time there are no archives or websites to download fan fiction in the formats ebook readers would accept. Mostly because of the size of the ebook screens the font has to be somewhere near size 18-20, metatag information has to be entered, and ebook readers don't read html so the stories have to be saved in RTF/LRF/TXT or some other format which varies depending on the book reader.
I finally came to the conclusion that I was wasting time worrying that authors would reject this idea out of hand and went ahead with setting up an ebook archive. This morning I finally took the password protection off the site.
This archive will host Gen/Het/Slash fan fiction. It's not limited to just one fandom. Right now the only stories hosted are from Supernatural because Supernatural is my current fandom but I hope to expand upon that.
Here is the link to the archive: Ebook Fan Fiction Archive
I am currently looking for co-admins to help run the archive. Mostly, I need help contacting authors to request permission, uploading stories from authors who do grant permission, and converting stories into ebook ready formats. Anyone that is interested helping can email me at amalthia at gmail.com
I'm willing to accept help from anyone that's willing, even if you don't own an ebook reader.
