• BBC News, Wednesday, January 11, 2006 7:15 PM

Google may be bowing to the pressure being placed on it by book publishers and authors, according to a BBC News report from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Instead of enduring another court battle, Google may set up an online book store for those titles under copyright. Company CEO Eric Schmidt said a store is something Google is pondering, but was clear to add that a move would be subject to the permission of copyright holders. The search giant has been scanning thousands of volumes for its new Google Book Search, but ran into opposition from copyright holders late last summer. Google proceeded as planned until authors and publishers decided to sue the Web firm.

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