Fan Fiction Writers Balk at FanLib.com

bill jackson writes "A couple of former Yahoo execs are trying to create the next MySpace by aggregating fanfiction on a website called FanLib. But the fanfic writers recognized that exploitation was written all over the idea and they've refused to participate. 'Instead of creating the Myspace of fanfic since the launch two weeks ago, FanLib.com sparked a white-hot Internet firestorm.The meltdown is a hard lesson in how not to conduct business on the Internet.But it's a firestorm of FanLib's own making because, in spite of the Yahoo pedigree (or maybe because of it), they plowed in like china shop bulls.'"

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Don't know about quality

[Shadow Wrought]

But these are the numbers off the front page for quantity:

1. Harry Potter (514)
2. Stargate: SG-1 (159)
3. CSI (153)
4. Supernatural (153)
5. Stargate: Atlantis (140)
6. Star Wars (136)
7. Buffy: The Vampire Slayer (135)
8. Battlestar Galactica: 2003 (115)
9. X-Men: The Movie (107)
10. Original Fandom (103)
11. Thunderbirds (94)
12. West Wing (92)
13. Lord of the Rings (86)
14. Gilmore Girls (85)
15. Star Trek: Enterprise (84)
16. Pirates of the Caribbean (76)
17. X-Men: Evolution (62)
18. Sailor Moon (61)
19. Friends (60)
20. Naruto (53)

2500+ odd stories in 2 weeks certainly makes one wonder if some of the fanfictioners didn't get the memo that they were supposed to be ticked.