Posts Tagged ‘google book search’

 

Google Book Search moves along

Monday, May 11th, 2009

The American Library Association, the Association of College and Research Libraries and the Association of Research Libraries have implored that a federal judge to pay special attention to the class-action settlement between Google,authors and publishers in the Google Book Search controversy. In a court filling the three groups asked Judge Denny Chin of Federal District [...]

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Google’s Book Search still under scrutiny

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Google’s controversial Book Search has been under the microscope from many angles over the past few months. Recently, the Justice Department has begun an inquiry into the antitrust implications of the settlement between Google and the authors and publishers. The settlement was announced in October, and it grants Google permission to place library books online, [...]

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Books go digital with Google

Monday, November 10th, 2008

In recent months, Google has been working diligently to digitize the print world. Google has scanned millions of works and successfully digitized them for its new Book Search program, allowing for the contents of the books to be searchable and available on the internet. Like many of Google’s recent business ventures, the Book Search Program [...]

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