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Bookmarks: Google gets friendly, Quartet Press shuts down, and more

Sundry links from around the Web: Google will allow rivals to sell copies of its digital books Upstart digital publisher Quartet Press shuts down before it ever really got started Marion Boyers, the venerable independent U.K. ... Read More »

September 10, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Google’s day of reckoning

By Scott MacDonald

Authors who wish to opt out of the Google Book Search settlement have until midnight tonight to do so. If you're an author, and you're still undecided about what to do, here's some previous Q&Q ... Read More »

September 4, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Bookmarks: porn, piracy, and the Google book settlement

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Best thing about an e-reader? You can read smut, and no one has to know On a similar note: the top ten most pirated e-books of 2009 (#1: the Kamasutra; #2: Adobe ... Read More »

September 2, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Barnes & Noble launches world’s biggest e-book store

By Suzanne Gardner

U.S. mega-chain Barnes & Noble announced in a press release yesterday the creation of the world's biggest e-book store comprising "more than 700,000 titles, including hundreds of new releases and bestsellers at only $9.99." Unlike ... Read More »

July 21, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

U.S. Justice Department to investigate Google settlement

By Steven W. Beattie

The Google book search settlement (for background, see here and here) faces yet another hurdle. The New York Times is reporting today that the U.S. Justice Department has confirmed its intention to investigate whether or ... Read More »

July 2, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Google Book Search announces new features

By Scott MacDonald

While the publishing industry frets about Google's looming supremacy over the written word, Google itself just continues on its merry way, scanning books and fine-tuning the presentation of them. Yesterday, Google announced a number of ... Read More »

June 19, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Google unveils plans to sell e-books

By Steven W. Beattie

Look out Amazon, Google's coming. That was the message at BookExpo America over the weekend. According to an article by Motoko Rich in yesterday's New York Times, representatives from Google were in discussions with booksellers ... Read More »

June 1, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Yet more developments in the Google Book Search settlement

By Eric Emin Wood

In response to the rallying opposition to the Google Book Search settlement, a federal judge in New York has extended the opt-out deadline, giving authors an additional four months to consider Google's terms. As if that weren't enough, the ... Read More »

April 29, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Killing trees en route to a digital future

By Eric Emin Wood

In its mad quest to digitize every book ever written, Google has taken to mounting one of the widest-reaching print ad campaigns in history. As part of its class action settlement (which we blogged about ... Read More »

March 4, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

More books on phones

By Stuart Woods

Remember when cell phones were considered to be solely the accoutrements of inveterate workaholics? Well, people with eyes glued to their iPhones “ and other mobile devices “ now have a culturally legitimate excuse, with ... Read More »

February 6, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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