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Blog Kindle suggests the new update may have something to do with Amazon's planned pullback from Text to Speech in the face of Authors Guild opposition.

As U.S. District Judge Denise Cote prepares to issue a verdict on the Department of Justice's proposed ebook pricing settlement with three publishers, she has granted two parties that oppose the settlement — the Authors Guild and attorney and licensing expert Bob Kohn — permission to weigh in as amici curiae, or «friends of the court.»

Mary Rasenberger: We at the Authors Guild have been working closely with Doug Preston for the greater part of the past year on both the longer policy memo and the shorter letter that he is asking authors and others to sign.

The Kindle DX has a controversial text - to - speech feature (the Authors Guild claims this violates copyright laws).

Authors Guild says median income for members has fallen 24 % in five years, with piracy, Amazon and publishing economies contributing to slump in earnings

But the Authors Guild constantly defends the Big 5.

Maybe the Authors Guild should focus on getting better royalty rates from the Big 5.

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Next does the Authors Guild want to tell me what I can and can't write?

Here's my plea to not just the Authors Guild, but to humanity in general: Think about why you believe what you believe, and then logically and ably defend your beliefs.

The Authors Guild challenges this threat to the literary ecosystem, one that jeopardizes the individual livelihoods of authors.

The Guild has been working closely with the grassroots group Authors United — founded by Authors Guild Council Member Douglas Preston — which will be making another request to the Department of Justice to investigate Amazon for potential antitrust violations.

Cote has granted Barnes & Noble, the American Booksellers Association, the Authors Guild and attorney and music industry executive Bob Kohn, all of whom oppose the settlement, permission to act as «friends of the court» and weigh in on the settlement in amici curiae briefs.

(And if that makes you nervous, now you get why the Authors Guild sued Google in the first place.)

The latest is, once again, the Authors Guild.

Even though I'm not a big fan of the Authors Guild, I do believe this is a worthy cause.

Scott Turow posted this on the Authors Guild site: By allowing Amazon to resume selling most titles at a loss, the Department of Justice will basically prevent traditional bookstores from trying to enter the e-book market, at the same time it drives trade out of those stores and into the proprietary world of the Kindle.

Penguin and other publishers declined to participate but discovered their books were still being included, a policy denounced as illegal by the Authors Guild, which represents published writers.

Though major publishers don't participate, they discovered their books were still being included, a policy denounced as illegal by the Authors Guild.

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The author contract battle goes global Dated today, 5th January, the Authors Guild's open letter to the Association of American Publishers leads the loudest call yet for contract reform in publishing's relations with authors.

After Amazon introduced its text - to - speech function in 2009 with the Kindle 2, the company faced pressure from the Authors Guild which claimed that the read - aloud feature was a copyright infringement.

The Authors Guild is a full partner in this effort (I'm on the board of that organization).

Furthermore, we oppose the Authors Guild demands that this capability should be turned off because many more books would be sold if text - to - speech remained available.

We the undersigned insist that the Authors Guild and Amazon not disable the text - to - speech capability for the Kindle 2.

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That feature was eventually reigned in when the Authors Guild complained that it infringed on digital audio rights.

«The Authors Guild has loosened their guidelines a bit for membership by self - published authors, and we're kind of following their lead.

Why does Scott Turow condemn Amazon, and why does the Authors Guild fear the company that sells more books for its authors than anyone else?

Backing the letter was another writers» organization, the Authors Guild, as well as the American Booksellers Association and the Association of Authors» Representatives.

The Authors United request to the DOJ was supported by the American Booksellers Association, which sent its own letter to the DOJ, as well as by the Authors Guild and by the Association of Authors» Representatives.

Authors Guild Council Member CJ Lyons was a prominent signatory.

«The point that we're making is... saying, «Look guys, we have a problem here,»» Mary Rasenberger, executive director of the Authors Guild, told CBS MoneyWatch.

Or to put it another way, with Hachette and the Authors Guild (no apostrophe — authors don't own the guild, publishers do!)

The Authors Guild conducted their first study on author income since 2009, and the results are pretty depressing: the majority of authors — both traditionally pubbed as well as indie — would live below the poverty line (less than $ 11,670 a year) if they had to live exclusively off their writing - related income.

I do applaud the Authors Guild for allowing self - published authors to join.

: He's an outspoken critic of the US Authors Guild under the outgoing presidency of Scott Turow, recently asking, «Where's the part about how the «Authors Guild» has secured for authors digital royalties better than the 25 % legacy industry lockstep?

According to a survey by the Authors Guild, the majority of traditionally published and self - publish..., if their writing income was the only income they received in a year.

The US Authors Guild has begun to ratchet up the pressure on publishers to pay authors a greater share of earnings from e-books as part if its «fair contract initiative».

Its stance has been backed by the UK's Society of Authors, with chief executive Nicola Solomon telling The Bookseller: «We agree with the Authors Guild initiative for the reasons they explain so clearly.»

This was brought about when Amazon, under pressure from the Authors Guild, allowed authors and publishers to disable text - to - speech in their materials if they wished.

What bothers me about Turow's obsession with Amazon and his opposition to change is not his blatant disregard for the facts (or the definition of words), it's that he allows this Luddism to become all - consuming, blinding him to the issues that really matter to writers... But there's a bunch of really awful stuff happening right now that Turow ignores, and has been ignoring, since his term as Authors Guild President began.

You can contact the Authors Guild directly with your concerns.

The Authors Guild also criticised Amazon for using «its e-book dominance to demand steep discounts from publishers and drive down the price of frontlist e-books, even selling them at a loss.

Aiken, who at the time of the quote was executive director of The Authors Guild, is referring to a system in which many publishing contracts have a clause «stating that an author will receive a higher e-book royalty rate if, and when, the standard rate changes.»

The Authors Guild launched its «fair contract initiative» earlier this year contending that book contracts had «not kept up with the changed times».

Which is why the Authors Guild is calling for fairer terms.

There has been a tradition of a certain amount of resentment toward the Authors Guild by self - published authors, because in the past, we did not allow them to become members.