Authors to get $60-$300 of Google's $125 million settlement

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Authors to get $60-$300 of Google's $125 million settlement

Feb 27 2009

Google has agreed to pay $125 million to settle copyright charges over its scanning of 7 million books. But yesterday, the Authors Guild informed authors that only $45 million would be used for author and publisher payments which amounts to about $60 to $300 per title.

Source: Gawker

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