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The Struggle for Book Access (Blog Post #1)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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. Tags: Kindle Kindle2 Authors Guild copyfight copyright blind amazon.com NFB. The ship has sailed.

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Thai Chickpea Almond Curry from Let Them Eat Vegan!

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Copyright © 2012. Full disclosure: I received a review copy of Let Them Eat Vegan! is attached to my Amazon Associates Account. Excerpted by arrangement with Da Capo Lifelong, a member of the Perseus Books Group. www.dacapopresscookbooks.com. Recipe photo by Hannah Kaminsky. Also, the link to Let Them Eat Vegan!

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Internet Strategy on the Cheap: Tools and Resources

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Podcasting Hardware Olympus Digital Recorders $125-$200 on Amazon Samson Zoom H4 Handy Digital Recorder. About $270 on Amazon. 120 on Amazon Headphones. About $100 on Amazon. 42 on Amazon Skype Podcast Recording Software Skype [link] (Skype to Skype is free. About $270 on Amazon.com. Electro-Voice Microphone 635A.

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The Participatory Museum Process Part 4: Adventures in Self-Publishing

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Do you know what the numbers on the copyright page mean? If you are serious about selling books through channels beyond your own website, there are really only two options--CreateSpace (owned by Amazon) and Lightening Source (owned by Ingram). Why does it matter that CreateSpace is owned by Amazon? respectively.

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Benetech: the Equilibrium Change Machine

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The book is an expanded version of their seminal article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review from 2007, “Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition.” Third, we pioneered a novel interpretation of the copyright exception for serving people with disabilities that is built into the basic law of the United States.

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Free Recipe from The Inspired Vegan: Molasses, Miso, and Maple Candied Sweet Potatoes

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Copyright © 2012. Full disclosure: I received a review copy of The Inspired Vegan. Also, the link from The Inspired Vegan is connected to my Amazon Associates account. Excerpted by arrangement with Da Capo Lifelong, a member of the Perseus Books Group. www.dacapopresscookbooks.com Recipe photo is by Jennifer Martine.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Facebook Platform – Opening Up

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So, Amazon says, OK, we will create an application that allows people to publish book reviews right on their own Facebook profiles, fully integrated into Facebook, but also back into Amazon. Forbes, Twitter, Washington Post… are among the 70 companies that developed applications in time for the announcement.