In yesterday's #OTW Signal, we took a look at the #fanfiction to commercial fiction pipeline and how it coincides with the established history of #fandom thriving off gift economies. Check out our very own #Fanlore page to dive more into this topic!
fanlore.org/wiki/Gift_Econ…

#OTW Signal features some fan studies articles about changes in #fandom + tips for how to easily find recent and older news from all our projects, all in one place. Read more at otw-news.org/ychvn32f

#OTW 's Open Doors is moving the Unit B, Twisted Sisterhood, and Oz Magi archives to #AO3 . If you have used the archive in the past, read more at otw-news.org/2p9eethr

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Today's #OTW guest, Zhuwen Zhang, discusses her research on connections between #fanworks and personal identity. Read more at otw-news.org/2s3ukxdz

#KOSA is still moving forward and OTW Legal explains how fans can add their voices and who to contact. Read more at otw-news.org/37dhnd5a

The #OTW is Recruiting for Support Volunteers (Regular and Spanish speakers) to help fans using #AO3 ! Read on for more or help us signal boost: otw-news.org/2p8n3rza

PHOENIX: Michael Biehn Archive, a #multifandom fanworks archive focusing on characters played by the actor Michael Biehn, is being imported to #AO3 . If you've used the archive before, read more at otw-news.org/3bp2vm7c

In #FiveThings Jennifer D2 discusses how much the #AO3 Support team wants users to write in with questions and her fellow volunteers’ willingness to teach each other new things. Read more at otw-news.org/39h8y62u

In this month's #OTW newsletter, Open Doors passes a milestone, TWC has a new issue out, and lots of you had your say in the #IFD2024 Survey Report. Read more at otw-news.org/bddum5zn