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Fighting Accessibity Weaseling by Amazon et al, Victory!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Last September, I wrote a Beneblog post: Objecting to Accessibility Weaseling , about Amazon and other ebook reader makers trying to dodge out on making their devices accessible. a11y accessibility Amazon blind Bookshare ebooks FCC Kindle NFB' This is an update on that fight.

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The Book on Volunteer Management – Free eBook Download

Volunteer Hub

This week (10/16 – 10/20) you can download the Kindle version of the eBook free on Amazon! Why Download the eBook? For a select time (10/16 – 10/20), you can download the Kindle eBook free. The post The Book on Volunteer Management – Free eBook Download appeared first on VolunteerHub.

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eBooks #1: ePub is to eBooks as MP3 is to music?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

EBooks are moving into adolescence, and the question is, which format will win, or does one format have to win? Both Amazon and Barnes and Noble have DRM in their book formats. Amazon and Barnes and Noble were all geared up for a big fight, until a number of things happened to change the equation.

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eBooks #2: So you want to e-publish? Mechanics…

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Obviously for me, publishing eBooks is going to be something I do at some point, perhaps sooner rather than later. I’m talking in this post about self-publishing eBooks. There are also avenues that will allow you to sell both your print book alongside your eBook. I wrote a blog entry a bit ago on eBook formats.

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Amazon eBook pricing war: Thanks for being evil, Apple

Judi Sohn

Apparently, Amazon is now getting push back from publishers, starting with Macmillan, who want them to charge more than $9.99 Macmillan, like other publishers, has asked Amazon to raise the price of electronic books from $9.99 Now, Amazon is fighting what is essentially the same battle. for e-books. to around $15. I get that.

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Amazon eBook pricing war: Thanks for being evil, Apple

Judi Sohn

Apparently, Amazon is now getting push back from publishers, starting with Macmillan, who want them to charge more than $9.99 Macmillan, like other publishers, has asked Amazon to raise the price of electronic books from $9.99 Now, Amazon is fighting what is essentially the same battle. for e-books. to around $15. I get that.

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The Struggle for Book Access: Amazon (Blog Post #2)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

But, it's a dream that the commercial ebook vendors keep dashing. But, we just saw Amazon fold when the Authors Guild pushed them to turn off the voice of these books: Amazon to flip on Kindle. We have an action by Amazon that sets back years of work to make ebooks accessible. The Textbook problem.

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