September 2, 2005

Google Adjusts Its Book-Scanning Project in Response to Complaints From Publishers

By JEFFREY R. YOUNG

Responding to concerns from several academic and commercial publishers, Google has made minor adjustments in its vast project to scan library books, and Google officials say they will not scan any copyrighted books until November, while publishers consider the new policies.

Google officials say they will make sure they do not scan any book held by a library if the book's publisher asks that the book not be scanned. In the past, Google had said that it would scan entire library

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