Re: Authors, publishers, settle suit with Google

[Jan Szczepanski <jan.szczepanski@ub.gu.se>]

I think this is more revolutionary for libraries because 
libraries are not part of the market

http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/newsroom/cf/itemdetail.cfm?item_id=4145

Instead of 20% maybe 60% of every book published now can be 
digitalised and offered free for anybody when orphan titles can 
be used.

Jan Szczepanski


B.G. Sloan wrote:

> The New York Times mentions an interesting twist on this 
> settlement:
>
> "Libraries, universities, and other organizations will also be 
> able to purchase an institutional subscription, which will give 
> users the ability to access the full text of all the titles in 
> the Google Books index. This, depending on the pricing, could 
> turn out to be a revolutionary development for libraries."
>
> See:
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/external/readwriteweb/2008/10/28/28readwriteweb-end_of_snippet_view_google_books.html
>
> Meanwhile, from another source:
>
> The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that "All public
> libraries in the United States would be given free portals for
> their patrons" (whatever that means). The Chronicle article also
> reports some positive reactions from librarians involved in the
> Google Book Search project:
>
> Article at:
>
> http://chronicle.com/free/2008/10/6010n.htm
>
> Bernie Sloan
> Sora Associates
> Bloomington, IN