Comments on: Amazon Kindle Bows to Idiotic Author’s Guild on Text-to-Speech http://mymediamusings.com/2009/03/02/amazon-kindle-bows-to-idiotic-authors-guild-on-text-to-speech/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:51:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: admin http://mymediamusings.com/2009/03/02/amazon-kindle-bows-to-idiotic-authors-guild-on-text-to-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-985 admin Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:24:05 +0000 http://mymediamusings.com/?p=1305#comment-985 Not sure it really hurts Amazon's position. Kindle2 will likely sell out even though it is pricey. I think we are moving toward more of a meritocracy when it comes to monetizing creative work but big industry players fear losing their grip and profits. Not sure it really hurts Amazon’s position. Kindle2 will likely sell out even though it is pricey. I think we are moving toward more of a meritocracy when it comes to monetizing creative work but big industry players fear losing their grip and profits.

]]> By: Mark Essel http://mymediamusings.com/2009/03/02/amazon-kindle-bows-to-idiotic-authors-guild-on-text-to-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-984 Mark Essel Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:20:15 +0000 http://mymediamusings.com/?p=1305#comment-984 This type of feature change after the release of a product is frightening or at the very least damaging to Amazon's market position for it's Kindle Books. It amazes me that we are finding new ways to value information for it's pertinence, quality, and timeliness on the internet but our vast riches of older written information must suffer in it's availability due to old thinking. I suggest a simple solution, one media rule that rewards any media authors based on the popularity of their works as well as sociably redeeming qualities. The capitol can be generated via ads to free users, or by subscriptions to those that prefer to avoid ads. This type of feature change after the release of a product is frightening or at the very least damaging to Amazon’s market position for it’s Kindle Books.

It amazes me that we are finding new ways to value information for it’s pertinence, quality, and timeliness on the internet but our vast riches of older written information must suffer in it’s availability due to old thinking.

I suggest a simple solution, one media rule that rewards any media authors based on the popularity of their works as well as sociably redeeming qualities. The capitol can be generated via ads to free users, or by subscriptions to those that prefer to avoid ads.

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