I think the authors have a right to compensation for the audio rights. Writing a novel is not an easy procees and getting fair compensation is only, well, fair.I think Amazon ignored these rules inadvertantly. Since it possibly damages their Audible business it seems amazon did not perceive this as a real threat. I do not like the counter-attack against the author's guild. It seems wrong and unjustified.
I however have no plans to purchase a Kindle. I find reading long passages on the computer tedious. I prefer the feel of paper in my hand, both with books and newspapers. I find if I look up a paper online I read one or two articles but will read it cover to cover in my hand. Well, if it is a good paper anyway.
Books, however, have my heart. There is something sastifying about the feel of a book in my hand. Getting a good cup of coffee and cuddling up with a paperback has a decadent self indulgent feel to me. Computers put me in a hurried frame the moment I touch them. An invisible timer seems to go off in my head. I know the younger generation views things differently, but this 33 year-old needs a real book to be sastified.
I too also have mixed feelings about the Kindle. On the one hand I would love to have thousands of books at my finger tips and not taking up space. However I just don't know how I feel about technology taking over that aspect of my free time. I have to stare at a computer all day at work and again when I am doing homework (like now) it would see over whelming to spend my free time staring at a screen too.
ReplyDeleteI had the same concerns about the Kindle. I read for pleasure all the time, and I love the tactile sensation of having a book. Now that I own a Kindle, my fears about the screen strainingmy eyes or feeling uncomfortable have gone away. The screen is not backlit, which makes a huge difference for me. My Kinde will never replace books entirely, but when I travel for a week, it's nice to have the 10 oz Kindle, rather than 10 paperbacks!
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