Remix e Fanfic: uma análise sobre o fenômeno da publicação de livros derivados de fanfictions por editoras independentes no Brasil

Abstract

The internet has provided several advances in the spheres of society, including the possibilities of interaction with a variety of people from different locations. For fan communities, this meant greater ease in interacting and sharing materials related to their products of interest. In this way, fanfictions, stories created by fans using characters or fictional universes they like, gained greater visibility. Some of them even had the opportunity to be published. At the present time, it has been possible to observe a phenomenon where independent publishers are being created with a focus on publishing fanfictions. From this, this research analyzed 10 independent publishers specialized in this type of work using bibliographical research, systematic observation and interview as methodological techniques. The objective of the research is to discover how fanfiction relates to the remix culture, where recombination is used as a form of creation, and how independent publishers are making use of fanfictions to enter the publishing market. Through the analysis of the information obtained, it was possible to verify that fanfiction is configured as a type of contemporary remix. It was also demonstrated that the publication of fanfictions by independent publishers to enter the market is related to two factors: the adaptation of the contents so that the stories become completely original works and with the possibilities of success found since this is an investment in a market niche little explored and which presents an already formed public.