The heavily criticized proposed settlement between Google and a small group of authors and publishers has been dealt a final, fatal blow, reports Publishers Weekly this morning—although in this case the deathblow comes indirectly because it’s actually about a different, older legal battle. In case you need a recap of what this is all about, [...]
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Notes from yesterday's Google Book Search settlement workshop
Here were the main themes discussed at yesterday’s Google Book Search settlement workshop hosted by the National Writers Union (NWU).
Prez of Author's Guild makes his anti-Kindle text-to-speech argument in the New York Times
The Authors Guild has published an unconvincing op-ed in the New York Times that presents their argument against the Kindle 2′s “read to me” functionality.