Although it's an important discovery, the real importance lies on finding water on objects that we may one day need to live on. We're never going to set up facilities on an asteroid. But on a moon we certainly could, and finding water ice there would be significantly more revelatory.

Amazon should not have caved to this ridiculous request. The final choice is with consumers, who should refuse to buy any book that they can't run through text-to-speech or any other device that enables them to use their purchase.

While I agree that Amazon should have told these guys to go fuck themselves, what they have actually done is a brilliant "carrot and stick" maneuver that will ultimately get them what they want:

1. Amazon gives in to the Guild's demand (the carrot), and will conveniently label those books on their site which prohibit TTS.

2. People who think the Authors Guild is a bunch of dicks can boycott the clearly-marked titles and purchase others.

3. Sales of TTS-prohibited books plummet (the stick).

4. Authors Guild realizes that their greed has actually cost them money, and reverses their decision.

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5. Profit!

~Philly