The Kindle 2 is a portable, wireless, paperback-size device onto which people can download a virtual library of digitalized titles. Amazon sells these downloads, and where the books are under copyright, it pays royalties to the authors and publishers. Serves readers, pays writers: so far, so good.
But there’s another thing about Kindle 2 — its heavily marketed text-to-speech function. Kindle 2 can read books aloud. And Kindle 2 is not paying anyone for audio rights.
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Op-Ed Contributor - The Kindle Swindle? - NYTimes.com Seriously? Mr. Blount, the publishing world is changing. Rather than whine about royalties you imagine you’re missing out on, why don’t you innovate some new ways to “to sustain book-writing as a viable occupation” since that’s your self-described chosen mission? |
