The Google Books Project has hit another snag – the amended settlement agreement between the Authors Guild and Google has not been approved by the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York. While not an unexpected result, it does put the future of Google Books on hold for at least the immediate future. As Apple recently came to an agreement with Random House, the only major publisher it had failed to secure rights from as part of its iBookstore, Google will likely seek to act quickly in order to capture an important share of the important eBook market. Whether they can do that in the context of this lawsuit remains an open question.
