American Libraries. 15 April 2009. http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/currentnews/newsarchive/2009/april2009/googlescanobjections.cfm?persistent=&expy_dt=

Consumer Watchdog, the consumer advocacy group has expressed concern to the Justice Department about the settlement of the lawsuit between Google and publishers. Under the October 2008 settlement, Google would be considered the “most favored nation” and guarantees Google the same terms from the proposed Book rights Registry that any future competitor might be offered. In eyes of some peoples this would prevent any competition due to Google’s dominance already in the industry. Although library advocacy groups are not against the digitization of groups they have expressed concerns about the settlement including equal “access to the Book Rights Registry, pricing privacy and intellectual freedom.” The groups argue that the privacy of the users of the digital books including data bases of what books have read, even the amount of time spent on each page. Another problem that was found that authors can opt out of having their books included in the registry this would make it possible for books to just disappear off the registry without warning. Google will allow users to access 20% of the text free of charge. The ALA, ARL, and ACRL are working on a position paper for libraries.
I believe that online books are a good thing and if Google provides the service with the best quality then Google should have the rights to do so. Google has been getting better since it started. I do not believe it is the government proper role to provide a crutch for new companies. As long as Google is not getting any additional help from the government I believe that it is not encouraging a monopoly.