Amazon's Fan Fiction Division Inks Deal With Valiant Comics

Last month, Amazon to turn fan fiction into a real business, signing on Alloy Entertainment (a division of Warner Bros.) to allow independent writers to sell fiction based on shows like Gossip Girl and The Vampire Diairies on Amazon's site

On Thursday, Amazon announced that it signed similar agreements with several more partners, including comic book publisher Valiant Entertainment and authors Hugh Howey, Barry Eisler, Blake Crouch and Neal Stephenson.

The deals authorize anyone to create and sell fan fiction inspired by several of Valiant's comic book series, including Bloodshot, X-O Manowar, Archer & Armstrong, Harbinger and Shadowman. Howey's Silo Saga, Eisler's John Rain novels, Crouch's Wayward Pines series and Stephenson's Foreworld Saga are also now parts of the program.