Of course, let's not forget that late last year we learned that Yahoo, Microsoft, RLG, and others are supporting another large digitization (books and other materials) effort called The Open Content Alliance that's being led by Brewster Kahle.
Book Digitization: Project Gutenberg Founder Interviewed - Project Gutenberg has been around since 1971 digitizing and copying public domain books. More Online Books Resources - NetLibrary and The Online Books Page are two excellent services for...
Book digitization has been going on at the University of Toronto Libraries for some time. Ridolfo to make digitization a reality. In a Wall Street Journal article published today titled: Building an Online Library, One Volume at a Time, you'll meet...
Trying to keep all of the book digitization projects out there in some order is becoming a full time job. With three major parties digitising books for the web ? Charkin said BookStore will appeal to publishers that want to take advantage of...
Top Stories + More From The Search Engine Watch Blog + Daily SearchCast: Search News Via Podcast + Our Search Newsletters Joins Open Content Alliance - Microsoft, yes good old Gates, Ballmer and crew, are getting in on the online books...
Top Stories + More From The Search Engine Watch Blog + Daily SearchCast: Search News Via Podcast + Our Search Newsletters Joins Open Content Alliance - Microsoft, yes good old Gates, Ballmer and crew, are getting in on the online books...
Library Program, Google's library digitization project. Google Library Digitization Project Likely OK; Will It Revolve Around Snippets? Google Library is helping Google create that type of searchable index of books, that feeds into Google Print...
It organizes and lists thousands of books (including Gutenberg content and now some Google Print content) from many digitization projects. Also, many fee-based services have been online for years that provide, free, searchable access to...
It organizes and lists thousands of books (including Gutenberg content and now some Google Print content) from many digitization projects. Postscript 3: Let's not forget about other book digitization projects from Europe and a group of
Microsoft, yes good old Gates, Ballmer and crew, are getting in on the online books digitization game and more. When Google first announced Google Print and then expanded the program to Google Print for Libraries last December, I wondered if/when...
Back in June, we blogged about a trade group of German publishers considering their own book digitization program. Google's battle over library books. Publishers Plan Online Book Service This Reuters article out of Germany: Publishers to build own...
Legal Experts Say Google Library Digitization Project Likely OK; Will It Revolve It is making the books searchable by doing this, but that process does not republish the books in a way you can read. If a publisher chooses, then -- and only then...
Well, it appears that Google will be heading to court, again, over their Google Library book digitization program. This is the second time (that we know of) that Google has been taken to court over the library digitization program.
Want More on the Google Print and Book Digitization? Project Gutenberg Founder on Digitization, ebooks and the OCA Launch Google Print product manager Adam Smith says the biggest misconception is that Google's master plan is to display entire...
Project Gutenberg Founder on Digitization, ebooks and the OCA Launch A New Digital Library Alliance Makes its Debut - Yahoo, The Internet Archive and several other organizations announced the formation of the Open Content Alliance to make thousands...
Let the content, the quality of the digitization, the ease of access, be what really matters. It's a good idea especially in the library digitization world. However, digitization programs have been going on for years, long before Google was even...
Project Gutenberg, this book digitization project that creates "ebooks" has been going strong for almost 35 years (that's like a millennium in online info time). Last December 14th Google used a multi-million dollar blitz of television, radio and...
The OCA project differs from other digitization projects in that the database of scanned material will be available for anyone to use on any site. The press release also contains a quote from Sally Morris, Chief Executive of the Association of...
Library Digitization Agreement With University Of Michigan Now Available Publishers Not Happy With Google's Library Digitization Program Experts Say Google Library Digitization Project Likely OK; Will It Revolve
To be fair, books are different in the sense that most web sites don't earn money by selling their content. Courts Unlikely To Stop Google Book Copying from InternetWeek has legal experts saying that copyright law over indexing books appears to be...
