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Google Is Now Accepting Indie Authors into Play Books (Sometimes, And Only If You Ask Nice)

9 November, 201725 June, 2018Google Books, Google Play, Piracy, Self-Pub10 Comments

When Google closed its publisher portal two and a half years ago in response to massive ebook piracy, they said the move was temporary so they could “improve...

19 Months Later, and Google Still Hasn’t Reopened Signups in Its Play Books Publishing Portal

30 December, 20161 June, 2018Google Books, Piracy7 Comments

It has been nineteen months since Google closed its book publisher portal in Google Play Books, and the larger blogosphere is just beginning to realize that...

Will Google Ever Reopen Its eBook Publisher Portal?

20 April, 20161 June, 2018Google Books, Piracy2 Comments

Earlier today someone made the unsubstantiated declaration that Google had closed its publisher portal “forever”. While there is zero evidence to back up that assertion, I...

Google’s “Temporary” Shut Down of Its eBook Publisher Portal Approaches the Six-Month Mark

18 November, 20151 June, 2018eBookstore, Google Books, Piracy8 Comments

When Google shut down stopped letting anyone sign up to use its book publisher portal earlier this year, they swore that this was a temporary move intended to...

Google Ordered to Release eBook Pirate’s Details to Dutch Anti-Piracy Group

5 October, 20151 June, 2018Google, PiracyLeave a comment

A judge in the Netherlands has ordered Google to hand over the account info for the ebook pirate behind the Flâmanca Hollanda account. About three weeks ago Google was...

Dutch Anti-Piracy Group Files Suit over Piracy in Google Play Books

15 September, 20151 June, 2018eBookstore, Google, Lawsuit, PiracyLeave a comment

Until they were publicly shamed into changing their policy earlier this year, Google used to have a laissez-faire attitude towards piracy in Google Play Books. Now...

Google Play Piracy Takes a Turn for the Bizarre

1 September, 20151 June, 2018Google, Piracy2 Comments

Over the weekend the NYTimes revealed that Google was taking steps to curb the piracy problem in Google Play Books. Based on what I am hearing from...

Dutch Publishers Take Credit for Swatting Pirate in Google Play Books

2 June, 20151 June, 2018Google, Google Books, Piracy2 Comments

Google hasn’t said much about the kudzu-like piracy problem in Google Play Books, or their recent decision to stop letting users register to upload books, but today i can...

Google Shutters Its Play Books Publisher Portal in Order to “Improve Its Content Management Capabilities”

25 May, 20151 June, 2018Google Books, Piracy50 Comments

Do you know how I’ve been harping on the rampant commercial piracy in Google Play Books (four posts in the past month)? I think Google finally...

Google Play Books Rep Throws Up Hands, Tells Dutch Publisher That Nothing Can be Done About Obvious eBook Pirate

18 May, 20151 June, 2018Google, Google Books, Piracy5 Comments

Google has a serious problem with piracy in Google Play Books. It lets just about anyone set up ebook shops in Google Play Books, and stock them...

Google Says “Google Play Takes Copyright Seriously”

7 May, 20151 June, 2018Google, Piracy26 Comments

Earlier this week I broke the news that Google had a rampant piracy problem in Google Play Books, and today Google has finally responded. Far more...

How to Get Google to Swat eBook Pirates? Public Shaming (Nothing Else Works)

5 May, 20151 June, 2018eBookstore, Google, Piracy17 Comments

Google has yet to officially respond to Monday’s post on the rampant piracy in Google Play Books, but my work is already having a visible effect....

Google Play Books is a Safe Haven for Commercial eBook Piracy

4 May, 20151 June, 2018eBookstore, Google Play, Piracy58 Comments

Piracy is endemic to almost every retail site which sells digital content. Some sites such as Amazon routinely (and sometimes aggressively) police their catalog for pirated content,...