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Updated delegation details for .author.
{{TLD|
{{TLD|
|logo =
|logo =
|status = Proposed
|status = Delegated
|manager = [[Amazon]]
|manager = [[Amazon]]
|country =
|country =
}}
}}
'''.author''' is a proposed [[TLD]] in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]]. The applicant is [[Amazon]].<ref>[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/strings-1200utc-13jun12-en Reveal Day 13 June 2012 – New gTLD Applied-For Strings]</ref>
'''.author''' is a delegated [[TLD]] in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]]. [[Amazon]] was the sole applicant and they currently manage the TLD. It was delegated to the [[Root Zone]] 05 December 2015.<ref>[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/strings-1200utc-13jun12-en Reveal Day 13 June 2012 – New gTLD Applied-For Strings]</ref><ref>[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strings .AUTHOR Delegation. Retrieved 09 Dec 2015.]</ref>
Amazon continued to come under scrutiny for its many applications for "[[gTLD#Closed Generic Strings|closed generics]]", that is, generic terms that it plans to use in a closed system, thereby making it the only registrant for an important online market. The application for .book [[.author]], [[.read]], came under specific protest from Barnes and Noble, and other booksellers, which sent letters to ICANN.<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130228_booksellers_weigh_in_on_amazons_new_tlds/ Booksellers Weigh In on Amazon New TLDs, CircleID.com] Retrieved 1 March 2013</ref>
===Registration Specifics===
===Registration Specifics===
'''Excerpted from response to Question 18:'''<br>
'''Excerpted from response to Question 18:'''<br>