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Google<%2Fa>%20and%20Hachette%20Livre<%2Fa>%20today%20signed%20a%20memorandum%20of%20understanding%20that%20defines%20the%20terms%20for%20Google%20to%20scan%20Hachette%20Livre’s%20French%20language%20books.%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.bookbusinessmag.com%2Farticle%2Fgoogle-signs-deal-hachette-livre-scan-french-out-of-print-works%2F" target="_blank" class="email" data-post-id="4899" type="icon_link">
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- Control over the scanning of its books. Hachette will determine which works it wants Google to scan. Works deemed by Hachette Livre suitable for scanning can either be made available as ebooks for electronic purchase through Google Books or used for other commercial applications such as print on demand (POD). Google and Hachette Livre will work together and share information pertaining to the commercial availability or unavailability of Hachette Livre works. Books not suitable for scanning will be removed from Google services. This also applies to works already scanned by Google.
- New business opportunities. This memorandum of understanding is designed to give access to currently unavailable works while providing new revenues to their authors and publishers. Hachette Livre will obtain copies of the scans in order to offer works in print on demand (POD) and other services. Importantly, French booksellers will be able to sell electronically these works.
In practice, all works deemed suitable for scanning will fall into one of the two following categories:
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