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I don’t understand why publishers are against Audible Captions. That feature makes audiobooks less pirate-able, and it also won’t lead to more pirating of ebook
by DominikPeters 7y ago
I don’t understand why publishers are against Audible Captions. That feature makes audiobooks less pirate-able, and it also won’t lead to more pirating of ebooks, since it’s better to share a cracked ePub rather than ill-formatted captions. The only revenue loss I can see is from customers who would otherwise buy both the Kindle and the Audible version, but that must be a small fraction.
- socalnate1 7y agoMy guess is that they just want to be paid more for them. (i.e. They sold the rights to sell the audiobook alone; if audible wants to also include a text version of the book, they want more money).
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- blueboo 7y agoThey're not against it. They're against licensing it for free, and what permitting media-shifting surprises might do to damage all their licensing agreements.