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NEWS ABOUT: Google Book Search

Google Book Search stories: 7 news summaries

(Newser) - Microsoft, Amazon, and Yahoo are ganging up against Google Books, trying to quash its settlement with publishers and authors, the Wall Street Journal reports. The settlement, which still needs court approval, would allow Google to offer works scanned off library shelves online for free, provided publishers get a cut... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Microsoft • Google Book Search • Amazon • library

Feds Step Up Antitrust Probe of Google Books Deal

Antitrust investigation focuses on Google's settlement with publishers

Jun 10, 09 2:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Justice Department investigators have intensified their probe into a deal Google made with publishers last year to put millions of books online, the Wall Street Journal reports. Publishers have been formally asked to provide information relating to the deal, which critics charge violates antitrust laws by giving Google an effective... More »

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Google • antitrust • copyright • Google Book Search • Authors Guild • Federal Trade Commission

Antitrust Concerns Prompt Google Books Probe

Deal gives Google exclusive chance to profit from texts, say critics

Apr 29, 09 9:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Federal lawyers are looking into whether a Google Book Search agreement with authors and publishers may violate antitrust laws, the New York Times reports. The settlement of a 2005 suit allows Google to put millions of scanned books online, charge viewers to read them, and share revenues with both groups.... More »

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Google • Department of Justice • antitrust • Google Book Search • publishing industry • authors

 Academics Fear Google's 'Orphan Books' Plan

Search king accused of rewriting copyright law to get access to out-of-print works

Apr 4, 09 5:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google's plan to take millions of "orphan" books under its wing has critics crying foul, the New York Times reports. Google aims to make these out-of-print works—whose rights holders are unknown or cannot be found—part of its mammoth online bookstore and library, a plan some academics say... More »

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copyright • monopoly • book • Google Book Search • online book • library

(Newser) - Amazon is widely rumored to be releasing a new version of its Kindle e-reader next week, and the e-book industry appears to be growing, Fortune reports. Sony is pushing its own device, Google has opened up access to millions of books online and for download to mobile devices like the... More »

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technology • iPhone • Google Book Search • Kindle • Amazon.com • mobile devices • ebooks • e-readers • Sony Reader

Google Book Scans Go Slow at Research Libraries

No speedy way to digitize the rarest of volumes, search giant finding

Apr 25, 08 6:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - In its ongoing effort to digitize the world's 50-100 million books for online book searching, Google is funding scanning efforts for rare volumes at leading libraries. The AP observed one such digitizing—the oldest Bible with Arabic type, scanned manually at 600 pages per day—which, to protect the work,... More »

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Google • Bible • University of Michigan • Google Book Search • copyright infringement • book scanning • digitizing

German Publishers Launch Google Books Rival

Service won't show text snippets, which Germans think violate copyright

Oct 14, 07 11:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - German publishers irked by Google Book Search's indexing of their books without paying a fee have launched a competing version of the same service. So far, reports Ars Technica, about 300 publishers have made about 8,000 German books available to searchers on Libreka.de, with up to 50,000... More »

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Google • copyright law • Germany • copyright • publisher • German • Google Book Search • Libreka

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