JaneFeatures / Publishing NewsAmazon / Barnes & Noble / BEA / Debut-book / digital rights management / Google / Harlequin / Text to Speech5 Comments

The new draft of the Google Book Settlement was due yesterday but the parties asked (and was granted) until Friday to present a new settlement agreement. Given that the biggest part of the GBKS were orphan works and that was what drew the biggest complaints, I wonder how any new ... more >

JaneFeatures / Publishing NewsAuthors Guild / Barnes & Noble / Google / Harlequin / Kindle / Text to Speech12 Comments

Last night, author and reader Nadia Lee, tweeted me a link to JA Konrath’s most recent blog post. It is incredibly illuminating and a must read for anyone interested in publishing and ebooks. Konrath has been experimenting with releasing his own fiction (mostly short stories) on the Kindle. He had ... more >

JailiLetters of OpinionAmazon / audio-books / Authors Guild / Kindle / Text to Speech25 Comments

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 ... more >

JaneEbooksAmazon / Authors Guild / Kindle / Text to Speech109 Comments

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 ... more >