Comments on: eBabel victim: Philip Roth’s latest novel; still AWOL from E: Michael Chabon’s Alaska novel http://www.teleread.org/2008/09/16/ebabel-victim-philip-roths-latest-novel-still-awol-from-e-michael-chabons-alaska-novel/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:01:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Logan Kennelly http://www.teleread.org/2008/09/16/ebabel-victim-philip-roths-latest-novel-still-awol-from-e-michael-chabons-alaska-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-907351 Logan Kennelly Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:25:18 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/09/16/ebabel-victim-philip-roths-latest-novel-still-awol-from-e-michael-chabons-alaska-novel/#comment-907351 I recently contacted Michael Chabon about the possibilities of e-book or Audible.com versions of his book. His response was that they are very interested in seeing it happen, but they are having difficulty finding an established, reputable publisher that offers fair rates for those mediums. Is it possible that the large book publishers are giving artists a raw deal a la the RIAA? (Find Weird Al's comments concerning digital versus physical for a start.) Perhaps Michael Chabon is using his leverage for such a popular book to help out all artists. I recently contacted Michael Chabon about the possibilities of e-book or Audible.com versions of his book. His response was that they are very interested in seeing it happen, but they are having difficulty finding an established, reputable publisher that offers fair rates for those mediums.

Is it possible that the large book publishers are giving artists a raw deal a la the RIAA? (Find Weird Al’s comments concerning digital versus physical for a start.) Perhaps Michael Chabon is using his leverage for such a popular book to help out all artists.

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