Google to let booksellers sell Google books

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Politics | Advertising:- Giant online advertising company Google generously says it’ll open its digital book collection so rivals can sell Google books online. But, says The Register , “it’s worth noting this sort of affiliate program is already discussed in Google’s 134-page settlement. And the offer would only apply if the controversial pact wins approval.” The announcement, “made during a congressional hearing before the House Judiciary Committee on Google’s book-scanning project, involves digital copies of millions of so-called orphan books, works that are still under copyright but whose rights holders can’t be tracked down,” says the Los Angeles Times , going on: “Since 2004, the Mountain View, Calif., technology company has scanned more than 10 million books provided by publishers and libraries, and allowed people to search the texts within those books.