Dec 23 2011
News Google has filed its motion to dismiss in the Google Book Settlement. The motion is based on a legal term known as standing. Not everyone can sue anyone else. You must have “standing” and Google is arguing that only the individual authors and artists have standing, not groups such as the Authors Guild. In(…)
Apr 8 2010
RWA President Michelle Monkou is fielding questions today on blog talk radio. The start time is at noon CST. I wish someone would call in and ask what RWA’s stance is on the change in pricing and Google Book Settlement. Link here.. I would call but I don’t think they would allow me through. ****(…)
Sep 22 2009
The good news is that I didn’t have to have a root canal. Instead my tooth is cracked and needs a cap. The bad news is that if the temporary crown doesn’t alleviate my problems, I’ll have to have that root canal. In other publishing news, Ballantine has bought Jenny Sanford’s memoir. As much as(…)
Jul 12 2009
Introduction In 2003 Google announced it had begun scanning books. Its goal was to create a digital library of every piece of printed work that has been put in fixed form. It was, and still is, a noble goal. Google placed these scanned books in a database and made them searchable. On the side of(…)
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