GoogleEatsLibraries

Context : OnBooks

Google is going to digitise (and make searchable) the collections of several prominent libraries. See also AgainstGoogle

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/14/technology/14cnd-goog.html?ex=1260766800&en=a421e60f18a8371d&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland

• ScottRosenberg : (interesting http://blogs.salon.com/0000014/2004/12/14.html#a795 (interesting appeal for public sector involvement and treatment as PublicGoods)

• DaveWiner on trusting Google : http://archive.scripting.com/2004/12/15#trustingGoogle

• and trusting MicroSoft other software companies : http://archive.scripting.com/2004/12/15#moreAboutTrust

• JonUdell : Sid http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/2004/12/14.html#a1133 Sid Verba's point about library/Internet synergy is worth amplifying ... it's incredibly useful to be able to search books even when you can't access their full contents online. I use these services now in order to locate passages in books that I already own, because it's usually more effective than looking things up in the index.''

• and on the Winer piece : http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/2004/12/15.html#a1134

• JohnBattelle : (connects http://battellemedia.com/archives/001126.php (connects TheLongTail)

Problems with it digitizing books : http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/PermaLink.aspx?guid=67b189bf-e254-417e-9298-32ee5b019c51

See also :

• EBooks