Todays links of interest:
- Why Kindle’s DRM Free-for-All Is Bad for Consumers and for Amazon
Dear Amazon: it would really help if you could teach your customer service people how to respond to questions without confusing customers because those customers then post the conversation on their blogs and then when you change your answers, it just gets worse and worse for you. Oh, and DRM free-for-all is bad for consumers and you. - Audio Sales Slipped 6% in 2008
Curious: does the library purchase number signal an increase? Are more people renting audiobooks than buying? - NEA Awards Over $3 Million in Latest Round of Big Read Grants
Happy to see that money is still flowing in this program (though confused by the NEA’s requirement that recipients chose from a pre-selected list of titles). - Amazon Warns Calif. Lawmakers on Sales Tax Bill
Working in Amazon’s favor? The fact that California lawmakers are so screwed up, they can’t get anything done. - Watrous Resigns from Globe Pequot
Scott Watrous has left the company. Jim Joseph will assume his duties. - Booksellers Fight Threat of Civil Suit
These proposed laws have the potential to lead to very expensive nuisance suits. The fact that they’re being seriously considered is worrisome.