In October, Google announced plans to create a "Google Editions" online bookstore, launching in 2010. On Tuesday, Google Books product manager Brandon Badger fleshed out Google's plans a bit more with some additional details.

In her annual letter to employees, Simon & Schuster CEO Carolyn Reidy observed that both S&S and the publishing industry "are at a defining moment," and minced no words is saying the challenges faced in 2009 will continue into the

Google said Friday that a Paris court has ruled against it in a lengthy copyright infringement case filed by a French publisher.