John Heilemann as placed an article (Googlephobia) in New York magazine describing the looming AAP vs. Google case very much from the publishers' perspective. Not any attempt at sourcing a quote from Google seems to have been made. With that one-sidedness in mind, this piece carries a good whallop of the indignation, righteous anger, frustration, and even glee experienced on the publisher side as this battle shapes up.

From Pat Schroeder, head of the AAP: "Google approached our colleagues in music, movies, and broadcasting with the same deal. They said, 'We're going to copy all your stuff and only use a snippet.' And our colleagues said, 'Oh yeah? Do that and we'll sue.' I think Google believed those guys because they'd sued before, so Google let it go."

And from Simon & Schuster CEO Jack Romanos: "Google thought, Hey, if we can bully the publishing industry, we can move into other forms of media. But the publishing industry has backbone—we're showing that right now. [...]I can't speak for the industry, but I don't trust Google and Simon & Schuster doesn't trust Google. Why would you assume that people who had taken the law into their own hands now would abide by the law in the future?"