The post below was written for the June 2011 issue of the Australian Booksellers Association magazine News on Bookselling. It was written shortly after the rejection by Judge Chin of the Google Books Settlement so it’s somewhat old news. But it did remind me that we haven’t yet heard anything from the parties about what [...]

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The following article was published in the No. 1, 2011 edition of News on Bookselling, the official journal of the Australian Booksellers Association. Since it was written (mid February), another ebookstore with plans to offer its system to Aussie booksellers has launched. I’ve added a footnote to the original story.   By Martin Taylor Booksellers [...]

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Google launched its much-anticipated—and much-delayed—ebook service this week, serving up several hundred thousand commercial ebooks for sale in addition three million free, out-of-copyright books. Formerly known as Google Editions, the new Google ebooks service launched in the US with the company promising an international roll-out in “early 2011″. The Google ebooks service is a major [...]

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