[nabs-l] Dealing With the Author's Guild?

[Brandon Keith Biggs]

Hello,
I've been reading up on why the Kindle device has not dived completely into 
tts and I'm wondering if anyone has ever told the authors' guild how many 
books they read a week?
I've talked to many of my friends and by far, those who are blind read more 
than those who are sighted.
Just for kicks, how many books does everyone on here read each month? I read 
at least 12 books a month, and I tend to stay away from the 350-400 pagers 
as they don't develop as well as the 900-1200 page books in my opinion. I 
read about 4 1000 page books a week and that is my lowest number.
I'm a full-time music student and don't even spend time devoted to reading. 
If I was a literature or librarian student, I'm sure my reading would be 
quite more. I wouldn't consider myself an avid reader except when looking at 
this website:
http://library.blogs.delaware.gov/2012/08/05/q-how-many-books-does-the-average-american-read-a-year/

I see that 15 books is how many books the average sighted person reads a 
year!
This must make me some kind of excessive book nerd or something with 144 
books a year.
I know if Kindle became as good as one of the Braille Plusses or something 
of that nature, I would gladly choose to pay for my books through that 
rather than going on bookshare. (Although my book reading would probably go 
down).
I am perfectly happy with Bookshare, although I don't really like it when 
there is book 1, book 2, book 4 and book 5 in the series only. That means I 
have to go onto Kindle, get the book, convert it to HTML and transfer it 
onto my unit before I can get book 3, rather than the 1 click thing I have 
with Bookshare.
This actually makes me wonder if pursuing Kindle is worth it? I really like 
paying $50 a year for bookshare LOL... I am totally out of the loop when it 
comes to new releases, but there are so many books, I am never nearly out of 
books.
But if the author's guild was told how many books a blind person reads vs a 
sighted person thanks to TTS, would it make a difference?
Thanks,

Brandon Keith Biggs