[OPLIN 4cast] OPLIN 4Cast #240: Google Books highs and lows

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OPLIN 4Cast #240: Google Books highs and lows
July 27th, 2011

<http://www.oplin.org/4cast/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/google-ereader.png>While 
many folks have been focused on Google+, Google Books has been bouncing 
from bad news to good news over the past couple of weeks. Some of the 
news results from legal issues, some from big deals, and some from 
business competition. And in case things were not busy enough for Google 
Books, they also just released their own ebook reader 
<http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/07/140-google-ebooks-reader-iriver-story-hd-hits-stores-july-17.ars>. 
The common thread in all of these stories seems to be that Google 
believes making ebooks more accessible is good business for them.

    * Frustrated judge pushes Google digital book deal
      <http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/19/us-google-books-idUSTRE76I4AK20110719>
      (Reuters/Jonathan Stempel) "Citing antitrust and copyright
      concerns, [U.S. District Judge Denny] Chin had on March 22
      rejected a $125 million settlement. He said it went 'too far' in
      allowing Google to exploit digitized copyrighted works by selling
      subscriptions to them online and engaging in 'wholesale copying of
      copyrighted works without permission.'"
    * Google teams up with The British Library to bring vast collection
      online
      <http://thenextweb.com/uk/2011/06/20/google-teams-up-with-the-british-library-to-bring-vast-collection-online/>
      (TheNextWeb/Paul Sawers) "The deal with Google will enable readers
      to view, search and copy works - where the copyright has expired -
      at no charge. Google will also make the books available through
      its own portal."
    * iPad book apps hobbled: only existing account-holders can use the
      apps, Google Books booted
      <http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/25/ipad-books-hobbled/>
      (TechCrunch/John Biggs) "...according to their subscription rules,
      everything had to go through Apple itself and you could not, in
      short, go out to a web page to complete the transaction. That
      promise ? to shut down external web stores on the iPad - has been
      fulfilled and the Nook, Kindle, Kobo, and Google Books apps have
      just been either drastically changed or removed from the App Store
      entirely."
    * Pottermore + Google = ebooks for everyone
      <http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2011/07/23/pottermore-google-ebooks-for-everyone/>
      (Geeks are Sexy/ACrezo) "In effect, Rowling will be
      self-publishing the digital copies of /Harry Potter/ on
      Pottermore, a move that could leave proprietary readers reeling
      from the loss of potential earnings. It seems Rowling will be
      taking Potter to Google, and publishing all of the books through
      open-source Google eBooks (purchasable through Google Checkout) in
      DRM-free ePub and PDF formats."

*/Potter fact:/*

According to the Google team 
<http://booksearch.blogspot.com/2011/07/pottermore-and-google-team-up-to-enable.html>, 
the Pottermore team also plans to use another Google outlet - YouTube - 
for video broadcasts in the future.
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