May 24 2009
At the suggestion of Peter Brantley of the Internet Archive, I offer up this Frequently Asked Questions for Authors regarding the Text To Speech (TTS) functionality that is the subject of debate. This may be an evolving document as more people provide input so that it adeqately addresses the issues. Please feel free to offer(…)
May 12 2009
According to PublishersMarketplace (subscription needed), the data shows that there is close to 1 million Kindles out in the wilds of readerdom and that the previously provided statistic that if a book is available in print and Kindle, 1 out of 3 purchases is a Kindle purchase is confirmed by at least one major publisher.(…)
May 5 2009
The newest Kindle is to be announced tomorrow and from leaked pictures on the internet, the device is to have a 9.7″ screen (the currently Kindle has a 6″ screen) with PDF support and an improved web browser. The device is targeted toward the education crowd with hopes of getting parents to buy the device(…)
May 4 2009
AllThingsD, an arm of the Wall Street Journal, headlined by Walt Mossberg, puts forward its opinion that the Wednesday news conference Amazon is holding at Pace University will feature the debut of a larger Kindle designed to target the newspaper reading crowd. The NYTimes is apparently partnering with Kindle on this device. The question I(…)
Apr 27 2009
According to the New York Times, individuals can no longer display their eruditeness by the cover of the book they pretend to read on the subway if the Kindle takes over. The Kindle or Sony is discreet and anonymous with only the reader knowing exactly what she is reading. Because of this, people can no(…)
Apr 9 2009
Earlier today I read this report Photos and Video From the National Federation of The Blind’s Kindle 2 Protest at the technology news blog, Gizmodo, about a street protest held by members of the National Federation of the Blind against the Author’s Guild. As Gizmodo reports: "Basically the story is this: the Author’s Guild raised(…)
Mar 29 2009
Photo via Flickr. Until about 4 months ago, I hadn’t really grasped the concept of cloud computing. Alot of tech people would talk about it as if it were the holy grail and it was a concept used to applaud the innovation behind the Kindle. Unfortunately, I didn’t really get it. Cloud computing is the(…)
Mar 23 2009
Mariah Jovan and David Nygren interview Sarah Wendell about writers and money. Twitter is the new fad amongst everyone and their cousin including John Mayer. Apparently as a result of John Mayer spending too much time twittering, Jennifer Aniston is moving on. (shameless gossip piece tangentially related to writing and publishing because the twitterati is(…)
Mar 18 2009
Last week, Amazon sent a DMCA takedown notice to MobileRead requiring MobileRead to stop hosting, or even linking to, a kindle script that allowed users to buy mobipocket books at other retailers and load those mobipocket books onto the Kindle. The unique thing about the kindle script was that it did not remove any DRM,(…)
Mar 8 2009
Disclaimer: Sony has supplied Dear Author with Sony Readers in exchange for an ad space and links to the ebookstore.sony.com. Sorry for the picture quality. I will replace later on today. I receive a lot of emails from readers asking me what device should they buy between the Sony and the Kindle. (FN1). This(…)
Mar 4 2009
Kindle for the iPhone was released into the net during the wee morning hours. From the Home Screen, you can access the books you purchased at Amazon, but not any of the books you’ve sent to the Kindle. You can shop via the www.amazon.com/kindlestore on either a MAC or PC to buy Kindle books. You(…)
Mar 1 2009
Amazon unveiled Kindle 2.0 a few weeks ago and with it the announcement that the Kindle 2.0 would have the ability to convert the text to speech. This feature has been referred to as TTS. Almost immediately, Authors’ Guild voiced dissent over TTS. "They don’t have the right to read a book out loud," said(…)
Feb 17 2009
Authors’ Guild is peeved about Kindle’s Text to Speech function and the Federation of the Blind is pushing back. "The National Federation of the Blind supports all technologies that allow blind people to have better access to the printed word, including the ability of devices like the Kindle 2 to read commercial e-books aloud using(…)
Feb 15 2009
There’s something wrong with this picture. Read the article to find out what. Background Back in the nineties auto manufacturers began to realize that it was missing an important segment of the auto buying market: women. Today, women purchase over 50% of all cars (new and used) and influence 95% of all auto purchases. Video(…)
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