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GOOGLE has offered to pay up to $90 million (£52 million) to end a dispute with
advertisers who have accused it of overcharging because of “click fraud”. The
proposed settlement is designed to end an escalating dispute that has led some experts to
wonder whether as much as 30 per cent of Google’s advertising income — $6.1
billion last year — was obtained improperly.
Google allows publishers to sell online access to their books
BooktradeInfo, 12 March
Google is allowing its "Book Search"
partners in the United States and the United Kingdom to sell online access to their books.
Oxford
Journals sign agreement with Portico
Press Release, 13 March
Oxford Journals, a division of Oxford University Press, has signed a key archiving
agreement with Portico, an electronic archiving service launched in 2005 with funding from
JSTOR, The Andrew W.
Mellon Foundation, Ithaka, and The Library of Congress. The agreement
assures robust long-term preservation and ongoing access to Oxford Journals electronic
content.
Publishers'
soul searching over Google plan
Financial Times, 13 March
Publishers have been left divided over Google's plan to scan books digitally
and make them searchable on-line. Opponents are concerned at potential violation of
copyright and remain suspicious of how Google may seek to use scanned digital copies of
books.
Report on London Book Fair
Publishing News, March 2006
The 35th London Book Fair was reported as a resounding success, with exhibitors (1,996
companies from 59 countries) up by 22%, total attendance up by 5.3% and visitor numbers by
3.2%.
Report on World Book Day
Publishing News, March 2006
WORLD BOOK DAY resulted in a12.6% week-on-week uplift in volume sales, up to
4,255,648 (£28.2m), in the total consumer market, according to Nielsen, although the six
£1 titles actually sold 11,945 fewer copies than last year’s.
Google to
provide financial data
TimesOnline, 21 March
Google will today launch a financial information service.
Initially Google Finance will be a North American product, although it is expected to
cover British companies with a US listing. British and other international versions are
expected to follow.
Scardino
pay rise to £1.8m outpaces Pearson shares
TimesOnline, 23 March
Dame Marjorie Scardino, the chief executive of Pearson, saw her total remuneration
package increase by 18 per cent to £1.81 million last year. More than two thirds of
Pearson’s profits come from its educational publishing business.
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