Looks like Amazon is going after the .author domain.
A top level domain is the stuff you see at the end of a website link – like .com, .co.uk, .org. ICANN, the ones in charge of this kind of thing, are allowing companies to apply for new TLDs, and there’s something of a rush on them right now. I’m glad Amazon is getting this, though still wary. Mostly I’m just happy that AuthorHouse or any of the big publishers aren’t getting it.
Here’s a few others:
- .book – Bowker is one applicant, plus a few others I don’t recognise.
- .docs – Google and Microsoft are going head to head over this one.
- .free – Amazon and Google both asking for it.
No one’s applied for .writer yet. I wonder if there’s an opportunity there?