News & Trends: Countdown to the Google Book Search Settlement Review
“Random House is very supportive of the settlement. We believe it is a great step forward for all parties in the shared opportunity to bring our authors’ content to an ever-greater number of potential book buyers.”
—Stuart Applebaum, executive vice president, communications, Random House
“The proposed settlement should help authors and publishers. With respect to books that are in print, authors and publishers can choose whether to allow the books to be part of the [Google Books Library Project]. This is an important protection and far better than requiring rights holders [of in-print books] to ‘opt out’ or be considered to have consented to participate. Also, those who participate will receive remuneration and the benefit of having limited portions of their books come up in response to key words used in Google searches. This is similar to the existing search program that many publishers have taken part in and should help potential purchasers find relevant books to buy.”
—Tad Crawford, publisher, Allworth Press