Fanlib: Saving... I Mean Exploiting The Children

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Wow. It's actually possible for FanLib to get sleazier.

Tired, perhaps, of those uppity older women, FanLib is going after the young adult market.

At another "pay us to circulate your press release as if someone cared" site, FanLib has announced a fanfiction writing contest based on Scott Westerfeld's "Uglies" series.

Westerfield has approved buying the winning child off with a Sony PlayStation 3.

The first question that occurred to me, and no doubt to you as well: what's the target age range? Thirteen years and older.

"Today's young-adult audience loves entertainment that mixes content, community and technology," said Chris M. Williams, CEO of FanLib. "The FanLib Extras event lets our partners at Simon & Schuster tap into this phenomenon to give Scott Westerfeld's millions of loyal young fans a deeply engaging interactive entertainment experience."

Oh, Chris! "Tapping into" the loyal young fans is a new low, even for you.

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