I discovered that all of my novels are available FOR FRREE on Google. I'm not pleased. http://books.google.com/books?rview=1&as_brr=3&q=author+%22Ben+W.+Gardner%22&btnG=Search+Books
In case you've been living under a rock, there is a pending class-action settlement involving authors / publishers and Google. Basically, the lawsuit was brought by authors and publishers who claimed Google violated their copyrights when it scanned books and featured them, or portions thereof, online without permission of the copyright holders. Of course, Google denies the claims (snicker) even though the books are still featured at books.google.com!
Anyway, what's in it for you? Well, you get to decide. You can either opt-in and get $60 per book (read the fine print!) if you are the sole copyright holder of a book. Or, you can opt-out (which means you can sue Google later if you want to).
Read the article here:
http://writersweekly.com/the_latest_from_angelahoycom/005247_03112009.html
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When you use Lulu, you have the option of making your work searchable through Google Books. This is an opt in service you have to select. Even if you do select it, it is not suppose to show the entire book, but rather let people search or browse (think Amazon Search this Book option). It's meant to replicate browsing at a bookstore or library.
So if you did not opt for your books to be on Google Books, you need to contact Lulu, because they are your publisher of record.
Thank you, Walker, for telling me about this. My first book is there, too, and I did opt in!
or are they actually just letting people read sniplets from the books Walker ? ? ?
or whole books ? ? ?
I guess.......