Amazon has been putting out feelers in communities that are doing just fine with out them, thank you very much.
First, Kindle Worlds is Amazon’s attempt to commodify fan fiction starting with Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars, and The Vampire Diaries but with plans for many more “Worlds.”
And in a more recent, mind-boggling move, Amazon representatives have begun calling independent bookstores with the proposal of selling Kindles in their locations. So far, the response from booksellers has been “very firm.”