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Ocean · 12-05-2009, 11:03 AM

Teleread: http://www.teleread.org/2009/12/05/l...short-stories/

"In fact, yes, the New York Times uses the phrase “exclusively available on the Kindle.” Normally shorts are available in PDF, HTML and, via e-mail, TXT. But the NYT piece says: “Although the authors may at some point obtain the rights to republish the stories as part of a collection or in another magazine, the stories cannot appear in any other e-reader format.” Ugly stuff. I hope that the Atlantic reconsiders. Shame on both it and Amazon if the current arrangements arrange. Do we really want to balkanize the short story market? Or standardize on one company’s technology? If the Authors Guild really cares about its members, maybe it should worry less about text to speech and more about this."

12-05-2009, 11:03 AM	#9
Ocean Banned Posts: 166 Karma: 666 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: Proud G1 Kindle Owner	Teleread: http://www.teleread.org/2009/12/05/l...short-stories/ "In fact, yes, the New York Times uses the phrase “exclusively available on the Kindle.” Normally shorts are available in PDF, HTML and, via e-mail, TXT. But the NYT piece says: “Although the authors may at some point obtain the rights to republish the stories as part of a collection or in another magazine, the stories cannot appear in any other e-reader format.” Ugly stuff. I hope that the Atlantic reconsiders. Shame on both it and Amazon if the current arrangements arrange. Do we really want to balkanize the short story market? Or standardize on one company’s technology? If the Authors Guild really cares about its members, maybe it should worry less about text to speech and more about this."