A quick browse of the internet reveals that google books does have some kind of an agreement with the Print on Demand, Espresso Book Machine. The September 2009 Library Journal article says the following: Google and _On Demand Books_ (http://www.ondemandbooks.com/,) (ODB), the maker of the Espresso Book Machine® (EBM), have signed a deal to provide print-on-demand (PoD) access to more than two million public-domain titles (published before 1923) in the Google digital files.
The deal also presages potential PoD access to millions more in-copyright â orphan worksâ should the Google Book Search settlement be approved. _http://www.teleread.com/2009/09/17/google-book-search-goes-with-print-on-de mand/_ (http://www.teleread.com/2009/09/17/google-book-search-goes-with-print-on-demand/) _http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6697430.html_ (http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6697430.html) _http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/08/riverside-ca-library-system-begins- print-on-demand-service/_ (http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/08/riverside-ca-library-system-begins-print-on-demand-service/) _http://www.pw.org/content/digital_digest_print_on_demand_answers_ebooks_ (http://www.pw.org/content/digital_digest_print_on_demand_answers_ebooks) I don't know whether the issues around the "orphan works" etc have been resolved as yet. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
