20 April 2010
A lengthy, but excellent and informative, summary of what the impact of the Google Books settlement may be on the future of reading:
1. It may become harder to get information online about books from writers you love.
2. You will find yourself reading free books online, by authors who have disappeared. And Google will make money when you do.
3. Google will be competing with Apple and Amazon and everybody else to be your favorite online bookseller.
4. Libraries and bookstores will be the same thing.
5. Pulp science fiction will make a comeback in ways you might not expect.
(Hat tip: languagehat)
