A Paris court has found Google guilty of copyright infringement in a ruling which could have ramifications for it is plans to digitise the world's books.
The search giant must pay 300,000 euros (£266,000) in damages and interest to French publisher La Martiniere.
It was one of many to take Google to court for digitising its books without explicit permission.
Google was also ordered to pay 10,000 euros a day until it removes extracts of the books from its database.
Google wants to scan millions of books to make them available online.
This court case will be seen as a victory for critics of the plan who fear Google is creating a monopoly over information.
Publisher Herve de La Martiniere launched his court case three years ago but Google continued to scan books during this period.
La Martiniere, the French Publishers' Association and authors' group SGDL who started the court battle initially demanded that Google be fined 15m euros (£13.2m).
The book publishers claimed that scanning books was an act of reproduction and, as such, was something that should be paid for.
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