Books, Books, Books: Going, Going, Google
Information Today › Vol. 26 Nbr. 2, February 2009
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This year's big story could arrive sometime in the summer. That's when Google spokespeople predict that a judge may approve the settlement worked out between Google and its cross-litigants, the Association of American Publishers and The Authors Guild, over library-partner contributions to Google Book Search. If approved, Google will begin the most massive release of digital book content in history. Meanwhile, Google has already begun selling digital access to publisher-approved in-print books. According to a New York Times article, the price for access to searchable books for an individual is about $5.99 or less. Americans could see the birth of a new type of book club built around individual books.
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Books, Books, Books: Going, Going, Google
Editing a magazine can have its nervous moments. For example, I have awoken many times in the middle of the night in a nightmare panic that I have forgotten to book any articles beyond the current issue. Actually, it's usually the next one that still has holes in its ozone. Meanwhile, a plethora of content has its own p...
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