Tag: Google Books

Google And Publishers Reach Settlement After 7 Years
Google announced today that it has reached a settlement with the Association of American Publishers, ending seven years of litigation over a copyright infringement suit filed in Oc...
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Check Out Google’s Actual Digital Bookshelf
Danny Sullivan posted some photos and video from Google's New York office - the company's second largest. While there are plenty of cool things to see, the library section is proba...
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Court Grants Stay In Google Books Case
For a quick update on the ongoing case between Google and the Authors Guild over Google Books, a judge granted a stay in the case on Tuesday, while the court reviews the recent dec...
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Google Denied Request For Stay In Book Scanning Suit
Google has been denied a stay in its lawsuit over book scanning, which has been going on for about three quarters of a decade. Jeff John Roberts at PaidContent...
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Google Book Scans Get Unified With Web Search
Google released its big list of 39 changes it made in May. One particularly i...
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Google: Don’t Let Us Make Imaginary Evils
There has historically been a lot of talk about whether or not Google is evil. The company brought this upon itself, by making "do no evil" a part of its public policies. Inter...
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Survey Shows E-Reading On The Rise
A new study has found that Americans' use of e-readers to read their books is on the rise. Over a fifth - 21% - of Americans have now read at least one e-book, and their popularity...
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Google Books Discontinuing Reseller Program
Google Books has been part of the core experience of what Google offers to consumers looking for media through their services. It was recently thrown together with music, movies an...
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Google eBooks Offline Support Now Available for Chrome, Chrome OS
Google announced the launch of offline support for Google eBooks for those using Chrome or Chrome OS, so they can continue reading books even when they’re not actually connected to...
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Book Sharing on Google+
Google announced the ability to share info about books from Google Books in circles on...
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Internet Archive Turns To Books
Keeping track of the history of the Internet is a task that has fallen at the feet of Archive.org, and they do an fantastic job of preserving where the Internet has been and how ma...
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Google Books Deal Would Be Anti-competitive, Says FairSearch
As previously reported, Judge Denny Chin rejected a Google Books settlem...
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Google Books Deal Blocked
Barring more legal maneuvering, the proposed Google Books Settlement - which would have cleared the way for Google to scan, digitize, and distribute of millions of in-copyright but...
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Google Celebrates 1 Million Digitized CIC Books
It seems like all's been quiet on the Google Books front for a while.  There's been little talk of new partners, lawsuits, or just about anything.  But that doesn't me...
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Google Reaches Deal With France’s Biggest Publisher
Following a significant period of inactivity (brought on by outright hostility), Google Books has made a breakthrough.  France's largest publisher has agreed to an arrangem...
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