Comments on: Why It’s Crazy for Authors to Keep Their Books Off the Kindle http://www.xconomy.com/national/2009/08/21/why-its-crazy-for-authors-to-keep-their-books-off-the-kindle/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:54:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Wade Roush http://www.xconomy.com/national/2009/08/21/why-its-crazy-for-authors-to-keep-their-books-off-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-76509 Wade Roush Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:56:35 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=38469#comment-76509 Jules: I really am a mellow person, mostly. But certain things get my goat! Jered: Agree with you about DRM and the RIAA-Authors Guild comparison. But I also think Siva has good reasons for his concerns, and I plan to make sure he gets some more airtime here to explain them. Jules: I really am a mellow person, mostly. But certain things get my goat!

Jered: Agree with you about DRM and the RIAA-Authors Guild comparison. But I also think Siva has good reasons for his concerns, and I plan to make sure he gets some more airtime here to explain them.

]]> By: Jered http://www.xconomy.com/national/2009/08/21/why-its-crazy-for-authors-to-keep-their-books-off-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-76508 Jered Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:50:21 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=38469#comment-76508 I have to wonder if Siva is just having a knee-jerk reaction here... Amazon provides an open publishing platform and the rates are published. The people who have been particularly unreasonable here have actually been the publishers -- several of them demand HARDCOVER prices for the digital editions, even for books in paperback. To counter this Amazon has chosen to take a loss on a number of bestsellers to stick with their $9.99 policy. Yes, DRM sucks, but the content providers (that's you, authors, or at least the publishing representatives you have chosen to appoint) are on the wrong side here. The Authors' Guild is the RIAA of the written word -- they forced Amazon to remove on demand the text-to-speech from the Kindle 2. Amazon's not the one pushing DRM; the person pushing DRM is Mr. Vaidhyanathan's publisher. Maybe he should have a chat? I have to wonder if Siva is just having a knee-jerk reaction here… Amazon provides an open publishing platform and the rates are published. The people who have been particularly unreasonable here have actually been the publishers — several of them demand HARDCOVER prices for the digital editions, even for books in paperback. To counter this Amazon has chosen to take a loss on a number of bestsellers to stick with their $9.99 policy.

Yes, DRM sucks, but the content providers (that’s you, authors, or at least the publishing representatives you have chosen to appoint) are on the wrong side here. The Authors’ Guild is the RIAA of the written word — they forced Amazon to remove on demand the text-to-speech from the Kindle 2. Amazon’s not the one pushing DRM; the person pushing DRM is Mr. Vaidhyanathan’s publisher. Maybe he should have a chat?

]]> By: Jules Pieri http://www.xconomy.com/national/2009/08/21/why-its-crazy-for-authors-to-keep-their-books-off-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-76500 Jules Pieri Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:51:03 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=38469#comment-76500 Wow, judging from your mellow persona and your thoughtful writing, I thought you were a patient guy Wade! This article shifts my prejudices a bit. Now I have images of you calculating the tax on your three item purchase at Whole Foods, while still three deep in the checkout line, and brandishing exact change to the cashier before the order is tallied. :) Wow, judging from your mellow persona and your thoughtful writing, I thought you were a patient guy Wade! This article shifts my prejudices a bit. Now I have images of you calculating the tax on your three item purchase at Whole Foods, while still three deep in the checkout line, and brandishing exact change to the cashier before the order is tallied. :)

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