By now you’ve probably heard of the new pseudo-children’s book “Go the Fuck to Sleep”, which was conceived as a joke by the author for his friends, but then turned viral and was transformed into an actual book. If you’re curious about it, you’re in luck. The audiobook version—which is narrated by Samuel L. Jackson, [...]
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Do You Like Audiobooks? Here’s How To Save $100 On A Kindle
Through the end of January 2010, if you subscribe to Audible’s $15/mo audiobook service for a year, you can get $100 off an Amazon Kindle.
Cory Doctorow's new experiment: all sorts of formats, all sorts of prices
Cory Doctorow is taking a DIY approach to publishing his next book, and he’s going to document it for the benefit of others. Here are some other experiments in online distribution and what they’ve taught us so far.
Sign this petition if you think the Authors Guild should leave the Kindle 2's text-to-speech feature alone
The National Federation of the Blind has joined up with dozens of other organizations to form the Reading Rights Coalition, which is fighting for the right to use the Kindle 2′s text-to-speech function on any text without having to pay extra. You probably remember that when the Kindle 2 came out in February, the Authors [...]
Amazon caves to Authors Guild, allows publishers to disable "Read It Now"
Amazon gives in to the Authors Guild, and will let publishers and authors disable the read-it-now function on books.