Melville House Books

SharedBook, a “custom publishing enabler,”  has launched a website devoted to the Google Book Settlement debate.

From yesterday’s press release at sharedbook.com:

“For the first time, the full settlement, amicus briefs, and other relevant documents will be gathered on a single platform, http://gbs.sharedbook.com, which will allow all stakeholders to interactively share their diverse points of view through a contextual, online discussion of this industry-changing settlement agreement.”

SharedBook is simultaneously touting their proprietary software, which allows visitor’s to annotate the collected documents:

“SharedBook’s annotation platform allows comments and responsive statements to be posted in real-time, linking them directly to the Google Book Settlement and accompanying documents through online footnoting, while (unlike a wiki) always preserving the original documents in their original form. Access to the platform can be controlled according to a variety of criteria or opened to the public, as in this case. As a result, the Google Book Settlement site will be an informed and transparent analysis of key points of the settlement by its most concerned stakeholders, made available to anyone on the Web.”