Read more Authors Guild stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/35582/authors-guild.html2010 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorWed, 10 Mar 2010 07:45:43 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/61439/feds-step-up-antitrust-probe-of-google-books-deal.htmlJustice Department investigators have intensified their probe into a deal Google made with publishers last year to put millions of books online, the Wall Street Journal reports. Publishers have been formally asked to provide information relating to the deal, which critics charge violates antitrust laws by giving Google an effective...http://www.newser.com/story/61439/feds-step-up-antitrust-probe-of-google-books-deal.htmlWed, 10 Jun 2009 02:19:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52068/authors-can-silence-talking-kindle-amazon.htmlAmazon has bowed to pressure from the Authors Guild and will allow authors and publishers to disable the controversial text-to-speech feature on its Kindle e-reader, the Los Angeles Times reports. Authors contend that the function essentially turns the e-book into an audio book, a contract violation. “They created a hybrid...http://www.newser.com/story/52068/authors-can-silence-talking-kindle-amazon.htmlSat, 28 Feb 2009 11:01:24 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41131/google-settles-lawsuit-over-book-scanning-for-125m.htmlGoogle has settled a lawsuit concerning intellectual property rights in its book-scanning initiative, Wired reports. Google will pay $125 million to authors who claimed their work was put online without their consent. The settlement also establishes a system where many out-of-print, but still copyrighted, books will be available to buy...http://www.newser.com/story/41131/google-settles-lawsuit-over-book-scanning-for-125m.htmlTue, 28 Oct 2008 14:43:49 CDT