Google & the Future of Books
In this technological equivalent of a time between times, when the digital world is growing, but still exists side by side with the analogue, this article from the New York Review of Books asks "How can we navigate through the information landscape that is only beginning to come into view?"
This is in light of Google's recent digitzing of millions of books and the challenge this has posed for publishers and copyright holders. A legal settlement has just been reached, and this link will take you to a long but fascinating overview of the current situation and what it means for what we've always thought of as 'books' ...
