Comments on: Authors Guild Gives Amazon the Perfect Alibi https://booksquare.com/authors-guild-gives-amazon-the-perfect-alibi/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&%23038;utm_campaign=authors-guild-gives-amazon-the-perfect-alibi Dissecting the publishing industry with love and skepticism Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:28:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Is Book Sharing Really a Threat to Publishing? | Medialoper https://booksquare.com/authors-guild-gives-amazon-the-perfect-alibi/#comment-170547 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:28:57 +0000 http://1008070399#comment-170547 […] that allowed the Kindle device to read any book aloud. That feature was eventually reigned in when the Authors Guild complained that it infringed on digital audio rights. As a result, Amazon turned control of the feature over to publishers — most of whom promptly […]

]]> By: The Week That Was: Kindle, Amazon, iTunes, Barnes & Noble, and Fictionwise | Booksquare https://booksquare.com/authors-guild-gives-amazon-the-perfect-alibi/#comment-169151 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:45:07 +0000 http://1008070399#comment-169151 […] on the heels of the Kindle 2 and its (silly, pointless, and, frankly, reader-unfriendly) controversy came the long-rumored Amazon Kindle iPhone app. Just as we wrapped our minds around […]

]]> By: Kirk Biglione https://booksquare.com/authors-guild-gives-amazon-the-perfect-alibi/#comment-169140 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:13:08 +0000 http://1008070399#comment-169140 Well, that’s one view.

My money is on those who can manipulate technology with great content.

]]> By: Ted https://booksquare.com/authors-guild-gives-amazon-the-perfect-alibi/#comment-169139 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:08:33 +0000 http://1008070399#comment-169139 I fear that technology will overwhelm, if it hasn’t already, literary merit—and the only persons who’ll get anywhere are those who can manipulate the technology with vapid content.

]]> By: Fiction Writers Review » Blog Archive » more (and more and more) e-reader and Kindle links https://booksquare.com/authors-guild-gives-amazon-the-perfect-alibi/#comment-169132 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:17:24 +0000 http://1008070399#comment-169132 […] argues that the text-to-speech verdict, supposedly a win by Authors Guild (who aggressively pursued this […]

]]> By: An open letter from TeleRead to Paul Aiken, executive director of the Authors Guild | TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home https://booksquare.com/authors-guild-gives-amazon-the-perfect-alibi/#comment-169127 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:47:35 +0000 http://1008070399#comment-169127 […] Do you have any reply to commentary at Booksquare, where, in my opinion, Kirk Biglione (cc’d) correctly worries that Amazon’s partial […]

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