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Google and Amazon to Put More Books on Cellphones - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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shared by John Evans on 06 Feb 09 - Cached
  • In a move that could bolster the growing popularity of e-books, Google said Thursday that the 1.5 million public domain books it had scanned and made available free on PCs were now accessible on mobile devices like the iPhone and the T-Mobile G1.
    • John Evans
      John Evans on 06 Feb 09
       
      Do people over 30 really want to look at books on their cellphones?
    • John Evans
      John Evans on 06 Feb 09
       
      Porbably not!
  • “We are excited to make Kindle books available on a range of mobile phones,” said Drew Herdener, a spokesman for Amazon. “We are working on that now.”
  • Unlike the version of Google Book Search for PCs, which displays scanned images of book pages, the mobile version simply displays text, allowing users to download printed material more quickly over wireless networks.
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  • But just as camera phones have not replaced digital cameras, smartphones are not likely to replace dedicated e-book readers like the Kindle or the Reader from Sony, analysts said.
John Evans

Public Domain & Creative Commons Content - Finding Public Domain & Creative Commons Ima... - 3 views

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shared by John Evans on 27 May 14 - No Cached
  • John Evans on 27 May 14
     
    "This guide will help you find and correctly attribute public domain and Creative Commons images for your project or presentation."
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