The vision of ebooks Google has presented to publishers: allowing people to print copies, cut and paste portions, and paying publishers 63 percent of the revenue. The vision the publishers presented in return: Go eff yourself . That’s right, Google’s finally getting around to opening an ebook store too—called Google Editions , and it’s been in the works for a while —the idea being that people will be able to read the books on any internet-connected device. What’s incredible is how the Times says negotiations are now proceeding. Now that Apple and Amazon are fighting over publishers and their books —imagine how oh-so-hotly desired they must suddenly feel—publishers have real power to negotiate, and it comes with wondrous effects, like getting an information monolith like Google to actually back down

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Publishers Tell Google and Their Ebook Plans to Get Bent [Rumor]