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Reading Rights Coalition Formed

Posted on April 1, 2009 by jeb

This news release comes from the National Federation of the Blind which is one of the organizations that is leading a protest against the Authors Guild. I’ve commented about this controversy several times in this blog, here and here. It … Continue reading →

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NFB Protest Authors Guild

Posted on March 25, 2009 by jeb

I blogged a few days ago about a recent decision by Amazon to turn off the text-to-speech feature of the new Kindle 2 after The Authors Guild complained about licensing issues. The National Federation of the Blind are organizing a … Continue reading →

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Has your Kindle been hobbled?

Posted on March 20, 2009 by jeb

I just finished reading a blog entry on the E-Access Bulletin about efforts to force Amazon to shut off the text-to-speech feature of the new Kindle 2 e-book reader. It seems certain publishers want additional “audio royalties” for providing what … Continue reading →

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