It faces stiff opposition from rivals, consumer watchdogs, academic experts, literary agents and even foreign governments, which worry that Google would get too much power to control prices in the still-nascent market for electronic books.Ī, which started its business as a seller of books over the Internet, is among the competitors trying to squelch the settlement. The $125 million settlement has been under review for more than two years. Millions more out-of-print titles will appear in Google's store, called eBooks, if the company can gain federal court approval of a proposed class-action settlement with U.S. Those publishing deals will ensure that most of the current best sellers are among the 3 million e-books initially available in Google's store, said Amanda Edmonds, who oversaw the company's partnerships.

About 4,000 publishers, including CBS Corp.'s Simon & Schuster, Random House and Pearson PLC's Penguin Group, are also allowing Google to carry many of their recently released books in the new store.

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