It looks like this was released a few hours ago:http://sev.prnewswire.com/books/20090520/DC2038220052009-1.htmlWell, I’m not sure I’m seeing a lot of new action, if that’s what you want to call it…some statements.Here is one piece mentioning Pres.Obama: "Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind, said: "When Random House turned off the text-to-speech function on all of its e-books for the Kindle 2, it turned off access to this service for more than 15 million print-disabled Americans. The blind and other print-disabled readers have the right to purchase e-books using this service with text-to-speech enabled. Blocking text-to-speech prohibits access for print-disabled readers and is both reprehensible and discriminatory. We urge President Obama, whose e-books are now being blocked from over 15 million Americans, to either demand that access be restored or to move to a publisher who does not engage in discrimination."

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