Roundup: Blind advocates want audio Kindle, Google CEO speaks to newspapers, and more
Here’s the latest action:
Advocates for the blind protest loss of text-to-speech on Kindle — Amazon gave publishers the option to disable the feature after the Authors Guild complained it would cut into audio book sales. In response, a group advocating for the blind protested outside the Authors Guild office in Manhattan today.
Google CEO tells newspapers not to piss consumers off — Eric Schmidt gave the closing keynote at the Newspaper Association of America’s conference, where he said:… Continue Reading