New York Times op-ed: "The Kindle Swindle?"
Today's New York Times has an op-ed piece by Roy Blount, Jr., president of the Authors Guild, entitled The Kindle Swindle?
The Authors Guild has also put up a web page with demos of the Kindle's text-to-speech (TTS) feature here.
Oh, and by the way, not on this topic, but I occassionally do op-eds myself for major Canadian newspapers. An op-ed piece is an opinion piece or essay that appears opposite the editorial in a newspaper it's a featured opinion piece by someone other than the newspaper's staff editorial writer. I've been commissioned to do op-ed pieces by both The Globe and Mail (Canada's national newspaper) and The Ottawa Citizen (the largest-circulation newspaper in Canada's capital city):
- A Bright Idea for Atheists
- Michael Crichton's Blending of Fact and Fiction
- The Private Sector in Space
- Stephen Hawking's Call to Colonize Space
The Robert J. Sawyer Web Site
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3 Comments:
Mr. Blount needs to get a new job. It seems to me like he’s trying to find a new way to fleece the consumer. As a consumer, I’m tired of getting ripped off by the publishing industry. $30 for a new book? Give me a break. I can’t afford that kind of hobby…it would cost me $900 a year if it wasn’t for the public library. Everyone wants to be a millionaire overnight, especially at the cost of the working slobs and the consumers. Give me a break Mr. Blount.
-joe miklovic
Joe, I suggest you Google (without the quotes) "black wednesday publishing" to get a reality check on the health of the publishing industry, and you might learn a thing or two by reading How much Do Novelists Make?
We're not talking about people wanting to become overnight millionaires, we're talking about hard-working folk who are trying to put food on their tables.
"Everyone is entitled to an informed opionion." -- Harlan Ellison
All three parts of the "How Much Do Novelists Make?" discussion can be accessed easily here.
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