Judi Sohn
JANUARY 30, 2010
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.
Judi Sohn
JANUARY 30, 2010
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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MARCH 10, 2009
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. Roy Blount Jr. The Textbook problem.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
SEPTEMBER 8, 2013
Last week, the National Federation of the Blind and 22 organizations serving people with disabilities filed detailed objections to a petition from a group of makers of e-reader devices led by Amazon to be exempted from accessibility requirements under the relatively new Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 13, 2009
I’ve been watching with interest the legal controversy over the synthetic speech capability of the new version of the Amazon Kindle, such as the coverage on Boing-Boing entitled Author's Guild claims text-to-speech software is illegal. Ebooks on PCs have had text-to-speech capabilities for years (although not always enabled).
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 3, 2013
The increasing focus on digital content, rather than its printed form, and the shift to electronic distribution of ebooks pave new avenues for removing the barriers to accessibility. At Benetech, we want to ensure that in this brave new world of digital content, braille is as available as any other ebook format to those who want it.
NTEN
AUGUST 24, 2012
In between rounds of Flukey Ball and deep fried sticks of butter, we've managed to wrangle some highlights for you: from a chance to win a $5,000 grant and an ebook collection to free and interactive fundraising tools, check out what your fellow NTENers have been up to lately. Congratulations, Solidarity!
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