abstract:The Open Book Alliance is an organisation concerned about the mass digitization of books and opposed to the Google Book Settlement, which they believe 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".
For instance, local miners follow the openbookalliance method of contracting, whereby costs and the margins are remunerable, and the project is invoiced based on actual costs incurred plus margins.