Google Book Settlement Webinar Set for July 29  

-- Publishers Weekly, 7/20/2009 7:48:00 AM

A webinar is planned for July 29 at 2 p.m. (EST), to discuss what the Google Library Project Settlement means for publishers and authors. The panel will feature four people who were involved in crafting the agreement: Richard Sarnoff, co-chair, Bertelsmann, Inc., AAP board of directors; John Sargent, CEO, Macmillan, AAP board of directors; Jan Constantine, general counsel, Author's Guild; and Jim Gleick, author. In addition, Michael Healy, executive director designate, Book Rights Registry, will discuss the role of the BRR moving forward. The webinar will be hosted by Jim Milliot, business and news director of PW.
 
If approved by the Court in October, the Google agreement will create one of the most far-reaching intellectual, cultural, and commercial platforms for access to digital books for the reading public, while granting publishers unprecedented opportunities and protections. Presented in collaboration with Google, the AAP, and PW, publishers can sign up for the free webinar here.