via PC World...

Google Books Won't Hit Digital Shelves Anytime Soon

Jared Newman

Sep 21, 2009

Google is reportedly working to make its settlement with
book publishers more palatable to the court, but even if
the deal goes through, consumers are likely a long way from getting out-of-print "orphaned" books onto their e-readers.

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That is a bummer, Im looking forward to this...