tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1113537532755871510.post7291451975121742894..comments2023-12-22T01:32:05.864+08:00Comments on Read Ink: Yet more ways to strain your eyeballsGerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13316029944503325726noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1113537532755871510.post-51875192129397829562009-03-06T03:51:00.000+08:002009-03-06T03:51:00.000+08:00it's an interesting question, scott. I'm a member ...it's an interesting question, scott. I'm a member of the author's guild, so I have been getting updates on the legal action.<BR/><BR/>in the end, I think is a pretty good compromise: writers do rely heavily on subsidiary rights (like audiobooks) and the kindle's planned functionality would have essentially turned every book into an audiobook, albeit of limited quality.<BR/><BR/>on the other hand, you don't want to deny vision-impaired people a chance to experience your work. to quote the most recent e-mail I got from the guild: "One important consideration in those recommendations will be to ensure that visually impaired people have access to this technology. Book authors have traditionally authorized royalty-free copies in specialized formats intended for the visually impaired, and copyright law has long provided a means to distribute recordings to the blind."<BR/><BR/>on girls stealing notes, though, I have no insight.Gerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13316029944503325726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1113537532755871510.post-154775419486858172009-03-06T03:45:00.000+08:002009-03-06T03:45:00.000+08:00That reminds me! As an author, do you have any tho...That reminds me! As an author, do you have any thoughts on the recent Author's Guild vs. Amazon Kindle news?<BR/><BR/>Being a tech nerd, I certainly have thoughts, but then the closest I've come to being published was when a love note fell into the wrong hands in fourth grade. So I have a natural bias, I suppose.<BR/><BR/>Damn those girls and their note-filching ways.<BR/>-ScottScott Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04518144638751140111noreply@blogger.com