Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo (YHOO), Amazon (AMZN) to fight Google (GOOG) book deal

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT), Yahoo Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) and Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) are joining a coalition that hopes to rally opposition to Google's digital book ambitions and ultimately persuade a federal judge to block or revise the Internet search leader's plans. The group, to be called the Open Book Alliance, is being put together by the Internet Archive, a longtime critic of Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) crusade to make digital copies of as many printed books as possible.