The following excerpts are from an article in the Wall Street Journal on October 29th, 2008.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122520482616076055.html?mod=djemITP"If approved by a federal court, the deal, struck after two years of negotiations, will let individuals and institutions buy online access to copyrighted, out-of-print works through Google, and will provide free online views of them at public libraries."
"Titles that are still in print will be available only if publishers and authors agree to include them."
"Only Web users in the U.S. will have access to the new services.""Consumers can buy titles to read online." [I believe this is only out-of-print books, though.]
"Public libraries will be offered a free online portal to view the digitized titles, while colleges and universities will be offered a subscription-fee service that will enable students to access these books directly from their dorm rooms."
Interesting stuff! Does anyone know if the books are going to be scanned images (like they currently are) or if they will be accessible text?
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