Google Books
I was just reading more about Google Books new agreement with libraries:
Google Book Settlement Agreement
There were a couple of things that sounded like we should pay attention to.
-- The in-copyright, out of print books that Google had scanned from libraries had previously only had snippet views. Now they will allow page views like other books.
-- People will be able to pay to access full books online (including out-of-print books).
-- Libraries will be able to purchase subscriptions so that their users can access the books. (I wonder how much that will cost?)
Google Book Settlement Agreement
There were a couple of things that sounded like we should pay attention to.
-- The in-copyright, out of print books that Google had scanned from libraries had previously only had snippet views. Now they will allow page views like other books.
-- People will be able to pay to access full books online (including out-of-print books).
-- Libraries will be able to purchase subscriptions so that their users can access the books. (I wonder how much that will cost?)
posted by Rebecca @ 2:44 PM
1 Comments:
At 8:49 AM,
Anonymous said…
It is important to realize that this is not an agreement with libraries, it is an agreement between Google and the people who were suing them -- the Authors Guild and a group of publishers. Libraries, even the ones providing the books that are being digitized, did not have a voice in the settlement and will not have a voice in the Books Rights Registry. The question of how much the institutional subscriptions will cost is a very good one.
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