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Action on Author's Rights points out that to the government, authors wanting to be paid for their work and control their licensing is seen as a 'logjam'.

"The governments of France and Germany sent briefs to the court urging the rejection of the settlement. The government of India made diplomatic representations to the government of the United States.

In recent weeks, the sorry truth has been emerging: in Britain the New Labour government supports the Google Book Settlement, and has done from the start."

If you;re wondering about the point of view of the author - rather than whether it means you can get cheap ebooks - have a read of http://www.gillianspraggs.com/gbs/GBS_survival_aid.html

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That's an interesting selection of ebooks (and prices) on the Borders UK site. What connects them? They're what you get when you search for Charles Stross, as there are no ebooks available. Beyond the amusing fact that apparantly Stross=fiction+cross-gender+stress (no comment! no comment!), it says to me that the ebook market isn't mature enough for the mainstream. And while the Elonex eBook is a cheap and cheerful ereader that might appeal to mainstream readers, I think it has several problems and some hard competition (and not from Amazon). Read on for details

Elonex and Borders dip a toe into the ebook market - my view of what the eBook offers and what it's up against, in FT Digital Business
Hands On Elonex eBook review - my in-depth review with lots of pictures of the buttons and interface

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