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Authors Guild and others request more time in the Google book-scanning case.

Amazon and the Authors Guild reach an agreement on the read-aloud feature. I think it's a smart play by Amazon. Authors that choose to disable may hesitate due to a possible public relations backlash for not wanting disabled readers to get access without getting more money in the process.

President of Author's Guild feels Kindle's "text to audio" feature infringes copyright.

"These aren't orphaned books, they're abducted books."

The Authors Guild website that will alert authors when Amazon removes the buy button from their books.

Robert Darnton on the opportunity presented by the rejection of the Google Books settlement.

Options for Google in light of the decision to reject the settlement over Google Book Search.

The Authors Guild filed suit against five universities and the digital tower, called HathiTrust, that those universities created to preserve and make available to students and faculty scans of books from their collections.

Google and two author and publisher groups submitted a modified version of a controversial settlement over digital books, but it appears likely the fight over the agreement will continue." />