US Department of Justice not in favour of Google Books deal
US Department of Justice has suggested that the New York District Court should reject the deal signed by Google related to their books project in its current form.
DoJ said in its statement: “The breadth of the proposed settlement – especially the forward-looking business arrangements [...]
On Demand Books can deliver physical copies of online books
On Demand Books is collaborating with Google to enable them to offer services to convert books hosted on its service into physical copies.
The company would now get access to a limited number of books indexed by Google.
On Demand Books provide solutions enabling users to [...]
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 [...]
Google Book Search service improved
Google has added some new exciting features to further improve the usability of their Book Search service.
Here are some of the new features:
1. Embeds and linking capabilities: Google Book Search users can now embed books into their own websites and pages. They can also share direct links to particular sections of books [...]
Make your own book library online through Google Book Search
Google has posted a tip that can come handy for people who collect a lot of books.
Google enables the users to make their own collection of books which they can search separately from the main book search engine.
The tip is that Google enables the users [...]
Sony Reader gets access to Google powered ebooks
Sony is collaborating with Google to bring more content to their ebook store.
Sony Reader owners would now get access to copyright free books hosted on the Google Book Search service.
Most of these books have been published before 1923 so they can be offered to the [...]
Google Book Search now optimized for mobile devices
Google has launched a mobile device friendly version of their Book Search service.
The company is using Optical Character Recognition to make available screen-friendly text from scanned page images from about 1.5 million public domain books.
All these are now available on a mobile device that can access the [...]
Google Book Search now index print magazines
Search engine giant Google has announced that they are now indexing print magazines in their Book Search project.
The company said in a blog post that Google Book Search now searches millions of pages of magazines from New York Magazine and Ebony to Popular Mechanics.
They have scanned and digitized the [...]
Google Book Search related lawsuit settled
Google has now settled their lawsuits filed by Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers.
These lawsuits were related to their Google Book Search service.
The search engine giant said that the settlement would allow them to expand online access to millions of in-copyright books and other written materials in [...]
