Chinese novelist sues Google over e-book

BEIJING, CHINA: Search major Google has received yet another blow to its ambitious book project, this time from a Chinese novelist, who is suing Google over its alleged scanning of one of her books into its online library.

Mian Mian, a counterculture writer, filed suit in a Beijing court in October after Google scanned her latest book, Acid House, into its library, reported The Press Association.

Sun Jingwei, Mian's lawyer, said that the author wanted damages of 61,000 yuan (£5,5756) and a public apology.

Meanwhile, a Google spokeswoman, Marsha Wang, said the company removed Mian Mian's works from its library as soon as it came to know about the lawsuit, the report said.

Writers from many countries are already up in arms against Google's effort to make printed works available online.