they certainly are better than the other main commercial concern. the only problem I see with apple is that some of their hardware is a bit overpriced for how its made.
-eric On Mar 26, 2012, at 5:18 AM, Gigi wrote: > Hi guys > Well, as for me, I think I'll do business with one company that I don't have > to argue with. You know guys, the one that has iTunes. I can get all the > books I'll ever want to read from iTunes, and I don't have to argue with them. > Regards > Gigi > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 25, 2012, at 7:49 PM, Adie <chalmer...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> Hi all >> >> Well I am not in the US either and I can tell you that the BBC has >> featured a piece on the American Authors' Guild and their dog in the >> manger attitude to this. >> >> Some authors have been mentioned in the course of this discussion. Can >> any of them be persuaded to speak out against this publicly? Can we >> start a Twitter campaign? Unless we all suddenly win the Lottery, a >> court case would be difficult and adverse publicity for these people >> may be another way of approaching it. You have elections coming up in >> the US, could any candidates be persuaded to speak out against this? >> How about letters to the NYT and so forth? Does anyone know any >> journalists who might take this up? >> >> I'm sure many of us outside the US would be happy to follow up in our >> respective countries in any way we can. >> >> Do you know, I remember hearing of the Kindle and how many books would >> be available through it and that it would make such a huge difference >> to most of our lives overnight, I was literally, bouncing up and down >> with excitement. Believe me, that doesn't happen very often. Seems to >> me that the dashing of hopes is one of the cruellest things you can do >> to people. Hope they sleep nights. >> >> Best >> >> Adrienne >> >> >> >> Karen Lewellen wrote: >>> Esther, >>> Two questions. >>> Does the author's guild have statistical evidence that the average mac >>> product user even knows that voiceover is there let alone that they would >>> opt for this behavior? >>> I might point out that audiobooks, commercial ones were not created for the >>> vision challenged population, but for the general public, so the argument > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
