page_title: Pat Schroeder
section_title: Publishing industry service
hierarchical_section_title: Pat Schroeder / Publishing industry service
caption_attribution_description: 2015-05-01 LVN_813
context_page_description: Patricia Nell Scott Schroeder is an American politician who represented Colorado in the United States House of Representatives from 1973–1997. A member of the Democratic Party, Schroeder was the first female U.S. Representative elected in Colorado.
context_section_description: Schroeder was named president and CEO of the Association of American Publishers in 1997 and served in that post for 11 years. She has been a vocal proponent of stronger copyright law, supporting the government in Eldred v. Ashcroft and opposing Google's plan to digitize books and post limited content online. She has publicly criticized libraries for distributing electronic content without compensation to publishers, writers and others in the publishing industry, telling the Washington Post, "They aren't rich...they have mortgages." At the same time, she has tried to make the publishing industry more socially responsible, cooperating with organizations for the blind and others with reading difficulties to help make materials more accessible to them, particularly by encouraging publishers to release books so that nonprofit groups can transfer them to electronic formats. She has also sat on the panel of judges for the PEN / Newman's Own Award, a $25,000 award designed to recognize the protection of free speech as it applies to the written word.
  In July 2012, Schroeder narrated a children's book app, "The House that Went on Strike", a rhyming, interactive and musical tale that teaches kids (and their parents) respect for the household.  Schroeder was chosen to narrate because of her stature as a celebrated House mom, and the metaphorical title of her memoir.  Schroeder wrote about her experience narrating the story and offered her perspective about kids book apps in a July 24, 2012, column on The Huffington Post.  Additionally, Schroeder and the book were featured in a profile on Wired.  Schroeder's work on the app was praised in a favorable review on Smart Apps for Kids, one of the leading app review sites for kids.
caption: Schroeder in 2015
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