Major book publishers sue Amazon’s Audible over new speech-to-text feature
&quot;...devalue the market for cross-format products, and harm Publishers, authors, and the consumers who enjoy and rely on books.&quot;<p>Could someone explain the licensing like I&#x27;m 5 that doesn&#x27;t end up with &quot;because publishers want more money&quot;<p>When I buy a book I am buying the story.  The authors words on paper (well on digital ink).  When I buy an audio book I am buying the authors words performed by a voice actor.<p>I get why the audiobook is more.  I&#x27;m paying for the author&#x27;s story + actor.  But I never understood why once I have the audiobook I could not be allowed the text version for free.<p>How are they doing anything but trying to charge me twice for the same story?