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elisi ([personal profile] elisi) wrote2006-04-21 07:00 pm
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OK, this is just too bizarre not to pass on...

Someone is trying to sell their Star Wars fanfic on Amazon! See for yourselves!

(Thank you to [livejournal.com profile] harmonyfb for the link!)
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[personal profile] gillo 2006-04-21 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
I read a little. Clunky writing, full of names and statistics - much the sort of thing a bright teenage fanboy might produce. Quite possibly better than Lucas's own writing, which is not hard, but not actually any good. After two pages I lacked the strength to go on to a third. That good.

Crazy woman. Has she no clue, not even of any sort?
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[personal profile] elisi 2006-04-21 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
After two pages I lacked the strength to go on to a third. That good.
And she wants £20 a copy...

No. No clue!
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[personal profile] gillo 2006-04-21 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I didn't spot the price. I was just gobsmacked at the effrontery of trying to sell it at all.

I'm astonished Amazon's lawyers didn't pick up on the implications of this.

elisi: Living in interesting times is not worth it (*headdesk* Mal by mortari)

[personal profile] elisi 2006-04-23 06:47 am (UTC)(link)
I was just gobsmacked at the effrontery of trying to sell it at all.
As are we all!

I'm astonished Amazon's lawyers didn't pick up on the implications of this.
Me too - isn't that place regulated?
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[personal profile] gillo 2006-04-22 04:17 pm (UTC)(link)
What is more, if I understand the stats, she's actually sold some books:


Amazon.com Sales Rank: #34,166 in Books (See Top Sellers in Books)
Yesterday: #39,951 in Books

- unless Amazon has deleted a lot of books from their lists overnight. I cannot understand why it's still up for sale there. By now surely Lucas's lawyers have contacted them?
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[personal profile] elisi 2006-04-23 06:50 am (UTC)(link)
Well I just checked, and it's still there! I also saw what tags people had put on! *g*

Customers tagged this item with

bad fanfic (6), the stupid it burns (5), copyright infringement (5), only living brain donor (3), weapons-grade stupidity (2), a Chernobyl-esque mistake (2), is yoda gonna have to smack a btch (2), Very Very Very Illegal (2), Lucas is so going to kill you (2), a bigger mistake than Jar-Jar (1), lawyer up sweetheart (1), start running now (1), stupid in_deep_doodoo (1), fan fiction for sale (1), Copyright Infringement (1)
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[personal profile] gillo 2006-04-28 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
It's gone now. About time.
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[personal profile] elisi 2006-04-29 10:37 am (UTC)(link)
No kidding. Here's an excellent article about it!
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