Debate Over Amazon's New Kindle

Amazon recently released the second version of its e-book reader, Kindle II, with many new features, including text-to-voice. The blind community was very excited about this development since it meant that thousands of book and newspapers could be accessible and available in the palm of your hand.

Unfortunately, the Kindle II does not provide accessible controls or talking menus, which AFB is petitioning to have added to the next version of the Kindle.

Now there is a new problem, too. Authors and agents are upset with the Kindle II and say that it violates copyright law by providing audio versions of texts. What's next?

Click here to read AFB's response to the Kindle debate.