Should Google set up in the foyer of the New York Public Library?
Author: Hoger
Over at io9 Annalee Newitz has a great piece on the Google Book Settlement. It’s a quick catch-up on where things currently stand followed by a very strong analysis of Google’s role as a library versus retailer.
The GBS represents a new stage in the evolution of the publishing industry. It offers a glimpse of what bookstores might become in the mature Information Age: A hybrid library/storefront whose job is to preserve and monetize books. It will be difficult to balance the public good of libraries with the free market of the bookstore.
Check it out here.
Tags: digital publishing, Publishing, Reading
April 4th, 2010 at 12:25 pm
However this goes forward, I just can’t get over how Google has got away with massive copyright infringement. Are authors now to believe claims of being fairly treated by this corporate thief?
April 4th, 2010 at 10:15 pm
It’s a fair concern, Ian, which I think at best Google could have communicated better.