Friday, July 26, 2019

Audible's Captions Program Stirs Fears, Frustration Among Publishers - Publishers Weekly

Today, as Panzer was tootling around in the Catosphere he decided to make a stop at the Publishers Weekly site. Digging around in the posts, our happy kitty boy found one about Audible's Captions feature. Yesterday, he gave you a post from The Bookseller about Captions.

Maybe it isn't what it seemed yesterday.
According to Rachel Deahl and Jim Milliot, Audible Captions is causing a controversy in the publishing industry. Publishers and agents are calling the program copyright infringement. Publisher Simon and Schuster has ordered Audible not to include any of their titles in the Captions program. The argument against the program involves the fact Audible only has the right to do audio books for a publisher's material, not a book or ebook.

Panzer says, "Hmm ... Maybe Captions isn't such a good idea."

Note: This is a v-e-r-y l-o-n-g post. Bring a cup of tea and two muffins for today's reading selection.

To read the post tootle over to Audible's Captions

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