Open Book Alliance

{{Short description|Book organization}}

The Open Book Alliance was an organization formed in 2009 to contest the Google Book Search Settlement, which it believed could allow Google, the Association of American Publishers and the Authors Guild collectively "to monopolize the access, distribution and pricing of the largest digital database of books in the world".{{cite web|url=http://www.openbookalliance.org/mission/|title=Mission|author=Open Book Alliance|date=26 December 2009|website=openbookalliance.org|via=archive.org|accessdate=24 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091226081416/http://www.openbookalliance.org/mission/|archive-date=2009-12-26}} It was led by antitrust lawyer Gary Reback. The Settlement was rejected by a federal judge in March 2011{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/23/technology/23google.html|title=Judge Rejects Google's Deal to Digitize Books|first=Miguel|last=Helft|work=The New York Times |date=22 March 2011|accessdate=24 September 2018}} and the Alliance's blog was inactive after 31 May 2012.{{cite web|url=http://openbookalliance.org//|title=Open Book Alliance|author=|date=14 August 2016|website=openbookalliance.org|via=archive.org|accessdate=24 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814054955/http://openbookalliance.org//|archive-date=2016-08-14}}

Wayback Machine archived the blog from 26 August 2009{{cite web|url=http://www.openbookalliance.org:80/|title=Open Book Alliance|author=|date=26 August 2009|website=openbookalliance.org|via=archive.org|accessdate=24 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090826231835/http://www.openbookalliance.org/|archive-date=26 August 2009|url-status=dead}} to 14 August 2016.

Between 14 August 2016 and 18 August 2016 the domain name expired.{{cite web|url=http://openbookalliance.org:80/|title=This Domain Name Has Expired|author=|date=18 August 2016|website=openbookalliance.org|via=archive.org|accessdate=24 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818201746/http://openbookalliance.org/|archive-date=18 August 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://openbookalliance.org/|title=Open Book Alliance|author=|date=14 August 2016|website=openbookalliance.org|via=archive.org|accessdate=24 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814054955/http://openbookalliance.org/|archive-date=2016-08-14}} it is now an unrelated commercial site.

Its members were: Amazon.com, American Society of Journalists and Authors, Council of Literary Magazines and Presses, Internet Archive, Microsoft, National Writers Union, New York Library Association, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Small Press Distribution, Special Libraries Association and Yahoo!.{{cite web|url=http://www.openbookalliance.org/members/|title=Members|work=Open Book Alliance|accessdate=10 December 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091221044216/http://www.openbookalliance.org/members/|archivedate=21 December 2009}}