Webwork
msg:4504176 | 7:21 pm on Oct 4, 2012 (gmt 0) |
. . and thusly the end of the it's better to ask forgiveness than permission era began.
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ken_b
msg:4504219 | 9:18 pm on Oct 4, 2012 (gmt 0) |
| The detailed terms of the agreement between Google and the AAP have not been made public. |
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Why? What are they hiding?
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Leosghost
msg:4504223 | 9:31 pm on Oct 4, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Probably that it does not apply to anyone who is not a member of the AAP..( including all those non USA authors ) and so Google will continue scanning and copying their books without asking for permission..
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lucy24
msg:4504246 | 10:17 pm on Oct 4, 2012 (gmt 0) |
| Why? What are they hiding? |
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Standard clause in court settlements. You get more money in exchange for agreeing to keep your mouth shut.
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Sgt_Kickaxe
msg:4504256 | 11:24 pm on Oct 4, 2012 (gmt 0) |
The public is apparently not supposed to know HOW publishers can "decide which works should, or should not, be in Google's library", the scanning continues.
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Angonasec
msg:4504269 | 1:02 am on Oct 5, 2012 (gmt 0) |
One of the unintended consequences Greedy Google grabbers caused.
I notified an author friend that G had copied his books into their database and put them online.
He was stunned, and contacted his US publishers, they decided to re-publish all his OOP titles. He wrote back to me very pleased to get them back into print.
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graeme_p
msg:4508723 | 2:35 am on Oct 17, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Angonsec, I would say that is a foreseeable consequence. Free copies generates interest, which generates sales.
Some authors report very good results from using free licences on some (or even all) books: Cory Doctorow comes to mind - and that was with books that are in print anyway.
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