Authors Guild Wary of Kindle 2's "Text-to-Speech" Function
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The Authors Guild, an advocacy group for writers, responded to the new feature by claiming that it could violate authors' audiobook copyrights. "This presents a significant challenge to the publishing industry," the organization wrote in a statement posted to its home page (www.AuthorsGuild.org). "Audiobooks surpassed $1 billion in sales in 2007; e-book sales are just a small fraction of that. While the audio quality of the Kindle 2 … is best described as serviceable, it's far better than the text-to-speech audio of just a few years ago. We expect this software to improve rapidly.
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