Sep 25 2009
A British betting firm has set the odds for the Nobel prize for literature. A.S. Byatt, author of Possession (which is essentially a romance book), is on the list at 50 to 1 odds. Washington Post tells the woeful tale of a newbie author who had almost no publisher support. Publishers are basically executing the [...]
Jun 10 2009
According to the Alliance for Arts in Canada, publishers are rewriting contracts to require authors to “opt in” to the Google Book Settlement. Is anyone seeing this in the US, UK or other publishers? Please check in (you can do so anonymously). In other Google Book Settlement news, the Department of Justice is sending out [...]
Apr 30 2009
Two important pieces of news have developed about the Google Book Settlement. First, the court has granted an extension on filing papers for opting out of the settlement. Prominent authors like Patricia Briggs and Kresley Cole and Meljean Brook have opted out but I also know that major agents have advised their authors to NOT [...]
Apr 26 2009
Michael Perry, editor of Inkling Books, wrote an editorial on why he officially objected to the Google Book Settlement. Meljean Brook, author of the Guardian series, wonders why Google couldn’t have asked for permission first before scanning and why Authors’ Guild is pursuing this settlement which requires authors to opt out. Epublishers Weekly has a [...]
Apr 19 2009
The big news on the tech/book blogs is the impending approval of the Google settlement. May 5, 2009, is the final date for filing objections to the Google Settlement. Google Print went live in October 5, 2004. At that time, Google had scanned over 100,000 books to be part of its GoogleBookSearch program wherein it [...]
Apr 1 2009
In a not so tom foolery post, Mark Sarvas posts a beautiful in memoriam for his father. Thanks Elizabeth. Borders does Lisa Kleypas in its new “True Romance” feature. (Borders needs an embed element). BooksonBoard now offers a new eBook or audio book special every 24 hours! Follow BooksonBoard on twitter for daily updates. Check [...]
Oct 28 2008
Google began scanning books in without permission of publishers a few years ago. The scanning of books prompted AAP and several publishers to sue Google for copyright infringement. A settlement has been reached. Today we’re delighted to announce that we’ve settled that lawsuit and will be working closely with these industry partners to bring even [...]
May 29 2008
Ingram Digital is offering “to transition all participating Microsoft Live Search Books publishers into its Ingram Search and Discover platform at no cost, enabling publishers to continue making their content searchable and available to readers.” Microsoft announced last week that it would be discontinuing its Live Search program. Microsoft scanned in, digitized, and indexed 750000 [...]
May 24 2008
Microsoft scanned in, digitized, and indexed 750,000 books and 80 million scholarly articles for its “Live Search” program which is similar to Google Booksearch. Microsoft decided to terminate the program and provide the digital copies of books scanned to the publishers. Microsoft will now rely on crawling the content repositories of other sites (I wonder [...]
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