Amazon Authoring eBook Issue 
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 22, 2013
This has created the ironic situation where blind people, who because of their disability require access to digital copies, have been effectively locked out of purchasing ebooks for the last decade. Authorized entities need access to digital content in order to cost-effectively deliver access. NLS in the U.S.), Bookshare).
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. This isn’t a new issue. There are very few authors making the big bucks.
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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.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 14, 2009
I came away with a much better understanding of the issues they are exploring and certainly did my part to articulate why I support the positions we have. We discussed Chafee, especially in the context of the Amazon text-to-speech brouhaha, and the proposed international treaty that was tabled at the WIPO SCCR meeting in Geneva last month.
Connection Cafe
JUNE 7, 2012
Author: Seth Merritt. Nonprofits struggling to communicate complex issues in 140 characters can benefit from deploying e-books and other long-form content as part of a thoughtful mobile and social media strategy. A well formatted ebook has none of those issues. How to guides for volunteers. Action kits for activists.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 5, 2016
The authors present a two-by-two matrix. As the author William Gibson famously noted, “The future is already here – it's just not evenly distributed.” The first was the ebook. These formats now underpin the ebook industry of today. The second key concept explores what a social entrepreneur is and isn’t.
Bloomerang
APRIL 16, 2021
” You can find it on Amazon, but I’m going to sort of give you a cheat sheet today and share some of the principles in it with you so you don’t have to buy the book. People who might care about the issue but it may not be a primary priority for them, either programmatically or philanthropically.
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