Internet giant Google has said that it would make concessions to European publishers over its Google Books project that will make millions of books available online. Google's digital library has made many European copyright holders to think that internet giant's concerned project would erode their exclusive rights.

Hence to soothe the concerns of the European publishers as well as authors, Google has agreed to have two non-US representatives on the board that will administer its digital books settlement.

When contacted, Bill Echikson, a spokesman for Google, said, "We work hard to achieve the common goal of bringing back to life millions of lost books in a way that serves the interests of all."

The European Commission will look at a recent deal that Google hit with America's Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers.

It may be noted here that last year Google reached a settlement with the US authors and publishers in a copyright infringement case and agreed to pay $125 million to resolve the outstanding claims.