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Jun. 18, 2008 at 8:10am by Barry Schwartz
Google Decides Books Have Consumer Intent, Puts Them Into Product Search
While Microsoft closed its book search service to focus on search with "high consumer intent," Google's gone the opposite way and expanded its book search service in one of the most consumer-driven search verticals, product search. Google Operating System reports that Google has integrated Google Book Search directly into Google...
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Dec. 6, 2007 at 8:48am by Barry Schwartz
More Fingers Spotted In Google Book Search
Google Books Adds Hand Scans from TechCrunch reports finding more scans of fingers in Google Book Search. This time the fingers were spotted in a copy of the 1855 edition of "The Gentleman's Magazine" on this page. This is not the first time we have seen fingers in Google Book...
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Nov. 27, 2007 at 10:08am by Greg Sterling
More Google Book Scanning Controversy
The Google Book Scanning project has been controversial from the start. There are a number of competitive efforts, including from Microsoft and the Yahoo-supported Open Content Alliance, which appear to replicate the competition among these companies in other areas online. Now Ars Technica explores a new phase of the debate...
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Oct. 22, 2007 at 8:31am by Greg Sterling
The Politics of Book Search: Some Research Libraries Decline to Offer Books to Microsoft, Google
An article in the New York Times today explores the "book search" initiatives at Google and Microsoft and the resistance of some research libraries to participating. The reason cited is that both search providers are asking for exclusivity: "Libraries that agree to work with Google must agree to a set...
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Oct. 6, 2007 at 9:23am by Phil Bradley
Google Book Search Improved(?)
According to the Google blog "Inside Google Book Search", some changes have been made recently to Google Book Search, so I took this as my cue to go and visit to check these out. To say that I was disappointed is to put it mildly, and if you don't have...
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Sep. 6, 2007 at 10:11am by Barry Schwartz
Google Book Search Adds My Library, Popular Passages, Embedded Quotes & More
Google announced several new features for Google Book Search. They include: A new "My library" section that allows you to add books and annotations to your personal "library." Of course, Google allows you to search your library as well You can share your library by adding labels, writing reviews, rating...
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Jun. 8, 2007 at 4:28pm by Danny Sullivan
MacMillian CEO Charkin Steals Google Laptops To "Prove" Book Scanning Point
Via Techdirt, Book publisher steals Google laptops from The Register covers the jaw-dropping action of Richard Charkin, CEO of Macmillian Publishing, stealing laptops from a Google booth at BookExpo America to try and prove a point about Google "stealing" books for its book search service. Blogged Charkin: Our justification for...
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Jun. 1, 2007 at 8:48am by Barry Schwartz
Google Custom Search Engine For Book Search Partners
Google Launches New Tool for Google Book Search Partner Program from the Book Standard reports that Google is launching a new tool for Google Book Search partners. The new tool appears to be like Google's Custom Search Engine, but specifically designed around Google Book Search. Partners will be able to...
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May. 18, 2007 at 4:02am by Phil Bradley
Google Book Search Expands
Although Google currently has a wealth of books in their Google Book Search database, this isn't enough either for them or us, so they've taken steps to improve the situation. If you now do a search, you'll find references to millions of books that they haven't yet digitized. You can...
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May. 16, 2007 at 8:37am by Barry Schwartz
University Of Lausanne Joins Google Book Search Library Project
Both the Google Book Search Blog and the Google Librarian Central Blog have announced that University of Lausanne in Switzerland has joined the Google Book Search Library Project. The university will digitize books not only in French but also in English, German, Latin, Italian, Japanese, Spanish and other languages....
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Apr. 4, 2007 at 5:34am by Phil Bradley
Google Book Search And Libraries: An Overview
Via Google Librarian Central, Information Today has an informative overview called Google book search, libraries and their digital copies. It is written from the perspective of librarians Jill Grogg and Beth Ashmore. The entire article is worth reading, but I think it's also worth highlighting a few of the important...
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Mar. 13, 2007 at 8:44am by Barry Schwartz
First Web Search Creator Works At Google, Puts Books On Earth Map
The Inside Google Book Search Blog has a post from Matthew Gray about how he designed a program to plot the world based on the "frequency of its locations mentioned in books." Google Operating System adds that Matthew Gray was the creator of the first ever web search engine, The...
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Mar. 8, 2007 at 9:12am by Barry Schwartz
Baidu & Google Go Head To Head With Chinese Book Search
Google, Baidu race to set up online library in China via Reuters reports that Baidu and Google are going at it to be the largest and best book search service in China. Reuters writes that Peking University Library in Beijing, "one of Asia's largest academic libraries," already has a partnership...
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Mar. 6, 2007 at 10:11am by Danny Sullivan
Dissecting Microsoft Slams At Google As Copyright Infringer
Last October, Microsoft's Steve Ballmer gave us a taste of how Microsoft was going to position Google as a copyright leech. Today, Microsoft launched a full-out assault on the company. Google deserves some of this, no doubt. But the idea as Microsoft as some altruistic copyright savior deserves some critical...
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Jan. 26, 2007 at 9:19am by Barry Schwartz
Google Book Search & Google Maps Team Up
The Google Book Search Blog announced a new feature they worked on together with Google Maps that shows you "places mentioned in this book" on the Google Book Search page. For example a Google Book Search result for Illustrated New York (1888) brings back a Google Map on the bottom...
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Jan. 22, 2007 at 9:37am by Barry Schwartz
Google To Provide Downloadable E-Books
Via Techmeme, Google plots e-books coup at the Times Online reports that Google is looking to make books more accessible to users. They hope to "allow readers to download entire books to their computers in a format that they could read on screen or on mobile devices such as a...
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Jan. 19, 2007 at 8:42am by Barry Schwartz
Google Book Search To Add Chinese Books
AsiaMedia reports that Google has partnered with Cite Publishing Holding Group to bring Chinese books to Google Book Search. The service will enable users to search and read up to 20% of a book on their computer. The initial launch will be about 1,000 books, but they hope to have...
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Jan. 10, 2007 at 9:41am by Danny Sullivan
Authorama: Testing If Google Can Restrict Public Domain Books It Offers For Download
Freeing Google Books from Philipp Lenssen at Google Blogoscoped covers him trying an interesting experiment. Can Google dictate that public domain books that it has scanned and distributed on the web really be subject to restrictions on non-commercial work? First a look at how Google provides these books. Google...
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Dec. 20, 2006 at 11:09am by Danny Sullivan
Battle For Books: Evil Google Versus The Altruistic Open Content Alliance
Google Book-Scanning Efforts Spark Debate from the Associated Press is an excellent look how the rivalry between Google's library scanning project and that of the Open Content Alliance -- backed by Yahoo and Microsoft -- is getting more heated. Google pretty much comes off as the evil company trying...
