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BOOK VIEW CAFE BLOG » The Absent Silence - 5 views

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google info.trust

shared by Natalie Barnes on 30 Oct 10 - No Cached

how Google gets and handles its information is an industrial secret
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But a great corporation, even one sworn to do no evil, makes no such bargain with the public. There is no reciprocity. Trust is not mutual. It’s understood that the public interest, if considered at all, comes second to the interests of the corporation — profit, growth, and power. So the corporation can and will keep its secrets, even though what it is dealing in is information, even when its business is making knowledge accessible, open, free — the very opposite of keeping secrets.
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Natalie Barnes on 30 Oct 10

Ursula K. LeGuin is disturbed by Google's keeping secrets about information

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Color E-Readers Open Way for Picture Books - 0 views

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ebook reader color iPad nook

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Physicists Set Plan in Motion to Change Publishing System - Chronicle.com - 0 views

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open access journals pricing

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Washington DC Principles fo Free Access to Science - 0 views

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access free open publishing science

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Free access and non-profit publishers. See "The Value of OA"--talk by the late Peter Banks.

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Findings - Jaron Lanier Is Rethinking the Open Nature of the Internet - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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drm copyright business model piracy

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Squires: E-Reader Content, Ad Formats Need to be Standardized Immediately - emedia and ... - 0 views

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E-Books E-Readers Content Formats Digital Publishers Open Standards Advertising Print

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Color E-Readers Open Way for Picture Books - 1 views

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ebook reader iPad nook children's literatture publishers ebooks

shared by arnie Grossblatt on 17 Dec 10 - No Cached

But converting image-heavy books into digital form has not been easy. Authors are careful to monitor how their work appears on a screen, and publishers have struggled to replicate the experience of reading a print book
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The prices of e-books with pictures be generally in line with print prices.
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Some publishers have also had success breaking into the digital space by turning books into applications for mobile devices
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Google's Next Stop May Be in Congress - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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google copyright

shared by Mark Schreiber on 24 Mar 11 - No Cached

Advocates of open access to orphan works cheered the rejection of the settlement, saying it could pave the way for legislation that would let anyone — not just Google — use the books..
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“If Congress can wake up to the importance of this issue, there’s a good chance they will pass orphan books legislation, and they will do so in the interest of the general public, not favoring any enterprise,” said Robert Darnton, director of the Harvard University Library
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Could ebooks open a new chapter in legal publishing? - 0 views

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publishing ebooks legal referencing

shared by Jenn Dukes on 26 Sep 11 - No Cached

Jenn Dukes on 26 Sep 11

Apparently the U.S. isn't so far behind! See: http://elangdell.cali.org/content/federal-rules-ebooks-legal-information-institute who posted Federal Procedure e-books just a few weeks ago.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Apparently the U.S. isn't so far behind! See: <a href="http://elangdell.cali.org/content/federal-rules-ebooks-legal-information-institute" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://elangdell.cali.org/content/federal-rules-ebooks-legal-information-institute</a> who posted Federal Procedure e-books just a few weeks ago.</div>

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U.S. Opens Inquiry Into Google Books Deal - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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Google antitrust

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Amanda Litvinov on 29 Apr 09

Yet another twist in the ongoing saga that is Google Book Search. Arnie, it seems you're not the only one who's concerned about the implications of the recent settlement!

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Oliver Marre talks to George Weidenfeld, a man whose life has been an open book | Books... - 0 views

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publishing future of the book

shared by Kurt Lindblom on 30 Jun 09 - Cached

AAUP Report: Among Calls for Collaboration, a Plea to Reinvent University Presses - 6/2... - 0 views

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university presses e-books collaboration business models open access

shared by Melissa Dahne on 25 Jun 09 - Cached

DOJ Officially Opens Investigation Into Google Book Search - Business Center - PC World - 0 views

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Google Book Search settlement antitrust law Department of Justice

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Open Access Voted Down at Maryland « The Scholarly Kitchen - 0 views

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OA University of Maryland opposition

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Google digital book ambitions hinge on settlement - washingtonpost.com - 0 views

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Google Publishers Digital Books Settlement Copyright Justice Department Authors Open Book Alliance Orphan Works

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Derik Dupont on 13 Nov 09

Google's plan to add millions of books to digital library riding on new settlement

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Open Publishing Lab - 1 views

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publishing standards

shared by arnie Grossblatt on 15 Nov 09 - Cached

arnie Grossblatt on 15 Nov 09

Interesting research center at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Too bad they don't have an RSS feed.

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U. of Michigan Library Opens Up Orphan Works - 4 views

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copyright publishing publishers

shared by Mark Schreiber on 23 Jun 11 - No Cached

Three Biomedical Funders to Launch Open Access Journal - ScienceInsider - 0 views

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STM journal access

shared by Mark Schreiber on 28 Jun 11 - No Cached

Notes on Unbound Books - A Conference Report (Part I) « OPEN REFLECTIONS - 1 views

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copyright drm ebook reader publishing future of the book

shared by arnie Grossblatt on 10 Jul 11 - No Cached

arnie Grossblatt on 10 Jul 11

Report on a three day gathering of experts on books, publishing and reading, to collaboratively explore the future of the book and the transformation of reading, publishing and learning. Session videos are available.

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AAAS Board Defends Climate Scientists - Science News - 0 views

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STM open access ethics

shared by Ryan Reeh on 30 Jun 11 - No Cached

Ryan Reeh on 30 Jun 11

American Association of Advancement for Science wants to call out politicians and NGOs that intimidate climate scientists from publishing their research in journals or giving it to the public.

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