Congress To Hold Hearing Thursday on Google Book Search Settlement

News  |  www.libraryjournal.com | Sep 9, 2009

On what appears to be short notice, the House Judiciary Committee will hold (and webcast) a hearing on Competition and Commerce in Digital Books Thursday beginning at 10 a.m.

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6695613.html?nid=3301

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U.S. Register of Copyrights Slams Google Book Search Settlement

News  |  www.publishersweekly.com | Sep 10, 2009

In a blistering assessment of the deal, Marybeth Peters told lawmakers at today's hearing that the settlement is in essence a compulsory license that would give Google the ability to engage in activities that are “indisputable acts of copyright infringement.”

http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6695829.html?rssid=341

Will publisher input help Microsoft build a book search that could be welcomed industrywide? : Book

The most-used computer operating system in the world is revving up to take on the world’s most-used search engine for the right to claim title to the world’s most-used online book search.

http://www.bookbusinessmag.com/story/story.bsp?sid=34976&var=story

National Library of Catalonia Joins Google Book Search Library Project

News  |  www.criticasmagazine.com | Jan 15, 2007

Spain’s Biblioteca de Catalunya (Library of Catalonia), the largest library of the region, has agreed to join the Google Book Search Library Project.

http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6408359.html

U.S. Justice Department to investigate Google settlement

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Daily updates from the blog division of Quill & Quire, Canada’s magazine of book news and reviews 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

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Google puts 'book search' on phones | theBookseller.com

Google has launched a mobile version of its Google Book Search, giving iPhone and Android users instant access to more than 1.5 million public domain books, reports the New York Times. The move is being seen as a challenge to Amazon.

http://www.thebookseller.com/news/76656-page.html

Webinar Next Week on the Google Library Project Settlement

News  |  lisnews.org | Jul 20, 2009

Advance registration for the webinar scheduled Wednesday, July 29, 2 pm ET Time –

http://lisnews.org/webinar_next_week_google_library_project_settlement

Google Book Search Help Center - What is the Google Books Partner Program?

Google Books Partner Program enables publishers to promote their books on Google. Google scans the full text of participating publishers' titles so that Google users can see books that match the topics that they are searching on.

http://books.google.com/support/partner/bin/answer.py?answer=17855&topic=321

University Press Association Riled by Google Print Library Project

News  |  www.schoollibraryjournal.com | Jun 8, 2005

With the launch of the beta version of Google Print in May, an association representing university libraries expressed concern that the new service, whose aim is to digitize books all over the world, would trample on existing copyright laws.

http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA607082.html