Google's bookstore may launch in time for the holidays; ArsTechnica.com, 12/1/10

John Timmer, ArsTechnica.com; Google's bookstore may launch in time for the holidays:

"Google's settlement with book copyright owners may still be meandering through the courts, but that's apparently not going to stop the search giant from launching an online bookstore. The company's book settlement, which would give Google the right to offer out-of-print books for sale, is still awaiting approval or modification by a New York court...

For now, however, the books on offer will simply mirror what's available from other retailers, which primarily means books currently in print and a back catalog of works old enough to be out of copyright."

http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2010/12/googles-book-store-may-launch-in-time-for-the-holidays.ars