New Google Service May Strain Old Ties in Bookselling

(sub. req.): Google Print, the books search service announced by Google yesterday, may raise some eyebrows in the book industry…

At least a dozen companies have already signed up to participate…Among the companies participating are Houghton Mifflin, Scholastic, Penguin, Warner Books and Hyperion.

Other publishing executives were cautiously optimistic, although they raised questions about how Google would ensure the protection of copyrights.

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