July 23, 2009
Publishers Business Opportunities: Google Book Search Library Project
Co-hosted by Google and The Association of American Publishers (AAP), this session was a a non-legal conversation, moderated by Michael Cader of Publishers Lunch, for those publishers interested in direct access with those who represented them during the negotiations, and a review of the multiple business opportunities for publishers unlocked by the settlement.
Cader was joined by Tom Turvey, director of Google’s Book Search Partnership Program, John Sargent, CEO of Macmillan, and Richard Sarnoff, Co-Chairman of Bertelsmann, Inc.
July 26th, 2009 at 7:26 am
[...] this week I listened to the excellent BookExpocast on the Google Book Search settlement. Until then I hadn’t considered that the agreement could prevent the creative destruction [...]