Wednesday, March 8, 2006

Battelle's publisher is suing GOOG, so GOOG can't index his book


John Battelle -- "band manager" for Boing Boing and author of The Search -- is upset that his publisher, Penguin, is suing Google over Google Book Search. That has resulted in The Search -- a book in large part about Google -- not being available through Google Book Search, despite John's wishes to the contrary:
Q: "Why didn't Penguin want your book to be in Google Book Search?"

John: "They're suing Google over Book Search. They're part of the Publisher's Association suit."

Q: "What are they afraid of?"

John: "They're afraid of the future. Afraid of what they don't know.... It's very irritating to me."

Link (via Kottke)



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