4. A larger number of books would become searchable.

If Google Book Search were able to expand its offerings, more book text would become searchable over the Internet.

5. Authors would get compensated for the usage and gain an additional method of selling their work.

Authors and publishers would receive payments when users read their books online. A Books Rights Registry created through the settlement would work to track down rights-holders and make sure they received their royalties. Authors and publishers would also get a portion of revenues earned from university subscriptions and on-site advertising. Out-of-print books still under copyright would fall under the same royalty system as in-print books, giving authors a previously nonexistent market for making money off their no-longer-published titles.

Google's Book Search Deal: The Cons