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Feb. 12th, 2009

02:59 pm - Kindle 2

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How many years have people with print disabilities been working together to make Bookshare what it is? How many titles are currently on Bookshare? Why does something like the following have to be inaccessible?

At Amazon, weve always been obsessed with selection, and we know that even the best reading device would be useless without the books you want to read. Today, the Kindle Store has more than 230,000 books, including 103 of the 110 New York Times Best Sellers, plus top newspapers, magazines, and blogs. We added over 40,000 new titles in just the last three months. Our vision for Kindle is to have every book ever printed, in any language, all available in under 60 seconds.


This new Kindle talks, I guess, but I'm assuming the order process isn't accessible. I'd be ecstatic to be wrong.

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From:[info]caninespirit
Date:February 12th, 2009 09:18 pm (UTC)
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The menus don't talk nore does the order process. All that talks is the book itself. Oh and there are a handfull of authors in a copyright tizzy opver this because they say the text to speach function infringes on their copyrights. Just once I'd like to have one of those copyright picky authors have to deal with what we deal with as peopl;e with print disabilities.
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From:[info]leadinglabbie
Date:February 13th, 2009 01:42 am (UTC)
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There's actually case law out there that says format-shifting is not copyright infringement. So those authors need to have it out with the Supreme Court.
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From:[info]nihilistech
Date:February 12th, 2009 09:20 pm (UTC)
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Or they could work with the manufacturers of accessible bookreaders so that they could read kindle books.
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From:[info]leadinglabbie
Date:February 12th, 2009 11:24 pm (UTC)
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Or they could work with the manufacturers of accessible bookreaders so that they could read kindle books.

Yeah. I thought about that. I just...can't get over the230,000 figure.
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From:[info]lilmizmombassa
Date:February 13th, 2009 01:21 am (UTC)
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Actually, I couldn't either...just, wo...just, wo.
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From:(Anonymous)
Date:March 17th, 2009 05:26 am (UTC)

Dang!

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Wow, less than 6 months ago, they were boasting about how the Kindle Store already has over 170,000 books (http://www.gizmosforgeeks.com/2008/09/21/kindle-store-has-over-170000-books-also-where-to-get-free-books/).

Now check it out!
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