Microsoft, Yahoo! and Amazon take on Google Book Search project
Microsoft, Yahoo! and Amazon are joining the Open Book Alliance.
This alliance is taking on Google on their book search project which aims to index all the available books in the world.
Google makes the content searchable on their service. Web users also get the ability [...]

Simon & Schuster to sell books through Scribd
Scribd has signed on a deal with Simon & Schuster for their online store.
Simon & Schuster would now offer their owned content through this store.
They have books by famous authors like Stephen King and Chelsea Handler in their stable.
The two companies said that excerpts from thousands of books [...]