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Originally Posted by Bookpossum
I am puzzled by the attack on Ursula Le Guin, a writer whom I admire very much for her work, and for her wisdom and compassion. If you read her blog, which is a series of thoughtful essays that I recommend to anyone who cares about the state of the world, you would have come across the essay numbered 19, written earlier this year, about Google.
In it she states that Google has taken some of her work and made digital copies without her agreement. If an author of her standing is treated with such a lack of respect, it is hardly surprising that she may not wish to rush into having her work turned into digital editions.
You can find her blog at:
http://www.ursulakleguin.com/Blog2011.html#New |
It doesn't matter whether she is nice to puppies or not. It is still weird that an author wants to deliberately reduce their readership. Feminists talk about the suppression of female writing - and here is one of their leading lights doing it to herself. 'You girls can't have my books because Google was mean to me'? Weak.