Tag Archives : Google Books

Google signed an agreement with a major publisher of books in France, Hachette Livre, to sell and to scan books sold out, which ensures the Hachette extensive control over the price and content. The agreement, announced Wednesday, covers about 50 000 French titles, including literature, scholarly works and reference books. The arrangement is symbolically [...]

The American Society of Media Photographers in conjunction with other artists and illustrators presented on Wednesday in Manhattan Federal Court, a lawsuit against Google, alleging that the company is digitizing and displaying their work online without permission. Three years ago a group of authors, publishers and professional organizations in the area [...]

Even after a proposed settlement plan doctored by Google Inc. with the publishers, in regards to the publishers, the U.S Department of Justice has still expressed its skepticism for the deal and has stated that, even with the new agreement, it feels that, Google would still be able to gain unfair advantage against its competitors. In November 2009, [...]

One of the foremost book stores in the United States, Barnes & Noble has announced the launch of its widely anticipated electronic reader named, Nook. The all new e-book reader will be available across the United States at $259 a piece. The price of the Nook is quite on the same plain as of Amazon’s e-book reader, Kindle. Nook is a sleek electronic [...]

Google Editions, service of digital books sale of the company, will inaugurate in June of 2010. The information was given by Amanda Edmonds, director of strategic partnerships of Google, in the TOC conference, in Frankfurt. According to her, one of the strong points of the program is that, once bought, the e-book is going to a “cloud library”, [...]

Google received formal warning of the Department of Justice of the United States that investigators of the section of defense of the competition are evaluating the agreement of the company with publishers for online distribution of millions of books. Under the agreement firmed in October gone by Google with Authors Guild and the Association of American [...]