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Adriana Delgado

Google signs deal to print 2m books on Espresso machines | Technology | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

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    Two million out-of-copyright books that have been scanned by Google could come back into limited printed form after the search giant signed a deal with On Demand Books, the company that makes the Espresso…
Greg Sarlas

Google lets you custom-print millions of books - CNN.com - 0 views

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    Google Book Search is offering a new service that lets customers print new physical copies of rare and out-of-print books from its ebook library. The books will be printed-to-order at local bookstores and sold for under $10.
Amit Kelkar

Google offers e-book concession | Australian IT - 0 views

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    Google has tried to made a deal with those opposing it's Google Books deal (such as Amazon and Microsoft) by offering to allow them to resell books from it's site. Amazon has rejected the idea.
Huang Jing

Google Books adds Creative Commons licenses - Research Information - 0 views

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    It is a good news for Internet users, especially google users to see the google books under cc licenses. The more rights of viewers to see the books, the more criticize and ideas come out. then more crticize, the more critics criticize, the better the information is shared by authors and readers. The better the information is about how to improve the books, the more improvement of content is made.
Katharina Muders

Bringing the power of Creative Commons to Google Books - Business Exchange - 0 views

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    Google Books launched an initiative to help authors and publishers discover new audiences for books they've made available for free under Creative Commons (CC) licenses. Rightsholders who want to distribute their CC-licensed books more widely can choose to allow readers around the world to...
Katharina Muders

Sony and Amazon to Face Off Over Google Books Deal - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Sony and Amazon are poised to take opposite sides on the Google books settlement.
Adriana Delgado

Essay - The Proposed Google Books Settlement - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    A reflection on the purpose of copyright related to the Google Books Settlement.
yunju wang

Supporters Press for Google Books Settlement - PC World - 0 views

  • Google's digitized book service will tear down barriers for people living in low-income areas, added Wade Henderson, president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights.
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      well, im curious how it works since often in the case, low-income area doesn't really have access to computers.
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    A proposed settlement between Google and book publishers and authors will give huge new advantages to students, minorities and disabled people, supporters said Thursday.
Katharina Muders

Google Europe Chief Suggests Publishers Take Responsibility - Business Exchange - 0 views

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    European publishers join the rush to blame Google for the publishing industry's problems, but Google Europe Chief Philipp Schindler suggests that the industry needs to look at themselves.
Shan Luo

Google on Books Settlement: It's About Preserving Human Knowledge - 0 views

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    After finally reaching a formal agreement with authors and publishers, a host of other heavyweights including Microsoft and Yahoo came forward to challenge the settlement of Google books. Google co-founder Sergey Brin addressed criticisms of the settlement in a lengthy editorial.
Adriana Delgado

Google Books: Authors Guild comes out swinging at Amazon | Technology | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

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    The blows being traded over Google's $125m deal to digitise books are getting fiercer by the day
Nicole Webb

Google acquires web security firm reCAPTCHA - 0 views

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    GOOGLE has acquired reCAPTCHA, a company that produces the squiggly words used by websites to guard against spam and fraud. reCAPTCHA's technology would be used to increase fraud and spam protection for Google products "but also to improve books and newspaper scanning process."
yunju wang

Court to test Google publishing move | The Australian - 0 views

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    On October 7 in a New York courtroom he will preside over a "fairness hearing" for a deal between Google and US publishers and authors to put millions of books online.
Shan Luo

Google to launch online book store, rules out Kindle-like device - 1 views

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    Google plans to launch an online store to deliver electronic books to any device with a web browser, threatening to upset a burgeoning market for dedicated e-readers dominated by Amazon's Kindle.
HUANHUAN XU

Chinese writers seek redress on Google e-books - 2 views

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    China has the largest online population, and Chinese writers are seeking for their copyrights on Google Book.
Katharina Muders

BBC NEWS | Business | Regulators eye Google book deal - 0 views

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    US anti-trust regulators are to examine Google's $125m deal with book publishers to settle copyright issues, reports say.
HUANHUAN XU

Google's e-book plan slammed as 'hysterical garbage' - 1 views

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    Google wants to make e-books available to all devices with web browsers, from mobile phones to desktop computers, challenging Amazon's Kindle e-book reader which forces buyers to buy books through the company
Adriana Delgado

In E-Books, It's an Army vs. Google - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    More on Google and its attempt to create a huge digital library and bookshop -- the legal battle continues.
HUANHUAN XU

Google's digital-book future hangs in the balance - 1 views

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    "Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful", however, there is always a copyright concern around Google Book Search project.
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