Manhattan Judge Denny Chin has extended the deadline for a settlement to be reached between the Authors Guild and Google Books until 2012, reports Reuters. The Guild, along with the Association of American Publishers, sued Google Books back in 2005 for scanning and digitally publishing books still under copyright. A settlement was reached but Read More
Judge Denny Chin expressed frustration at a hearing today about how long everyone is taking to come up with a plan for a settlement between the Author’s Guild and the Association of American Publishers (plaintiffs) and Google Books (defendant). At issue is just how Google will compensate writers whose books it scans while the work Read More
Google Books has just launched a digitized magazine stand. In their never-ending quest to archive all media, from Web sites to books, Google is taking on the publishing world and scanning entire issues of magazines, ads and all. Most issues are two or three years old–or even a few decades old. It’s kind of Read More
The e-reader battle rages on as Google has announced the release of more than a million public domain books in the open, ePub format. ePub is a document format that makes it easier for anyone with an iPhone, a BlackBerry or a Sony eReader to access books on mobile devices–no need for a fancy new Read More
