Google: Book Search
French Upset Over Google Library Deal, Lawyer-Author Files New Arguments Against Book Search Settlement
It’s probably fair to say that the French have a love-hate relationship with American culture, companies and institutions. (The same could...
US Justice Dept. Formally Confirms Google Books Inquiry
It’s not really a surprise or even news that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) confirmed yesterday it was formally investigating the...
Google Book Search Lawsuit Gets Conference Treatment
New York Law School will host a three-day conference about the Google Book Search lawsuit starting on October 8 — one day after the...
Google Book Search Now With Cloud Tag
The Google Book Search Blog announced a neat new feature that allows you to peek into the book via what is known as a cloud tag. The cloud tag...
Google Book Search Adds Seven New Features
Today, Brandon Badger, Product Manager, Google Books, announced on the Inside Google Book Search Blog, seven, that’s right seven, new features...
DOJ Increases Scrutiny Of Google Book Settlement
The Wall Street Journal reports that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has sent formal requests (“civil investigative demands”) to...
Google Positions As Amazon Competitor For EBook Market
Google has over the past few years promised the market new revenue streams beyond search. While there are a couple of areas with significant...
Reports: US Dept. Of Justice Looking At Antitrust Issues Over Google Books Lawsuit
After skirting one antitrust action involving a proposed ad deal with Yahoo, Google may be facing a new one — this over the proposed...
Google Book Search Settlement Delayed
Publishers Weekly is reporting that a judge has granted a four-month extension on the deadline for affected parties to object to or opt out of...
Growing Opposition To Google Book Search Settlement
The settlement that ended the litigation against Google’s book scanning/search project must still be approved by the courts, although...
Microsoft Funds Opposition To Google Book Settlement
Microsoft is contributing $50,000 to help challenge the Google Book Search lawsuit settlement that was announced last October. According to...
Sony & Google Team Up In Digital Book Space
Sony, Google Challenge Amazo from the Wall Street Journal reports that Google is providing more than half-a-million public domain books to Sony,...
Google Books Search Goes Mobile
The Google Books Blog announced they have now created a mobile version of Google Books. If you have an iPhone or Android phone just navigate...
Google Ends Google Video Uploads, Shutters Notebook, Catalog Search, Dodgeball & Jaiku
Google’s announced they’re closing or ceasing development of a variety of products as part of an already continuing move to keep...
Will Google Book Search Help Or Hurt Libraries And Book Sales?
The NY Times runs a longish article about Google Book Search, its outlook and some fears surrounding its further development. Book Search was...
Google Book Search Puts Magazines Online
First Google digitized books, then newspapers, then historic Time-Life photos and now — magazines. Today through Google Book Search,...
Google Settles Book Search Copyright Lawsuit For $125 Million, Paves Way For Novel Services
Google has settled the class action litigation entitled The Authors Guild, Inc., et al. v. Google Inc., which alleged that Google Book Search,...
Google Book Search Lawsuit To Be Settled? Plus, University Partners Launch HathiTrust Archive
Via Resource Shelf, we learn of a report in Library Journal that says Google is close to settling a three-year-old lawsuit with publishers...
Google Announces Google Book Search APIs
The Google Book Search Blog announced the new developer site for the Google Book Search APIs. The API allows developers to add Google Book...
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...