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​My Personal blog contains fiction, graphic design, links to articles of interest and thoughts on gadgets and ideas. 

Indesign colour profile question

With InDesign, colour profiles are built using linked images and created vectors, which is counter to how Illustrator and Photoshop work (where you choose a profile and the file sticks with it). This means that an Indesign file can actually (and is designed to handle) files that have both RGB and CMYK profiles. For output, the general practice is to discard one of the profiles, leaving you with either CMYK or RGB. But what happens if you discard both?

I'm honestly curious if anyone has ever output work to a printer with this. I'll update it as I get more information.

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Amazon sets up system to trade on fan fiction

Amazon must review and accept fanfic works for publication, but once it does, profits from the $0.99-$3.99 price range are split three ways: a 35 percent standard cut to the writer and an unspecified split of royalties to the licensor and Amazon itself. Things like slashfic and crossovers are not permitted under Amazon’s guidelines.

I'm going to go ahead and assume slashfic still won't be. 

So if you write something original and sell it with Amazon, you get 70% of the profits. If you write something using someone else's IP and sell it with Amazon, you get 35%. Of course, this opens up a million questions. What is considered fanfic? Is taking one character and using it in your own universe fanfic? What about a reference? What about details? 

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