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Espresso Book Machine meets Google Books
Google and On demand Books have signed a deal to tie the more than seven million titles available via the Espresso Book Machine into Google Books.
Hachette France and Google sign scanning deal
Hachette Livre and Google have signed a memorandum of understanding to allow Google to digitise tens of thousands of French-language backlist titles.
More concerns on Google Books metadata
There have been more concerns expressed by scholars that the metadata for Google Books is so flawed the service will be of little use for research.
Tanner moves to Google Books
Mark Tanner has been appointed to the newly created position of strategic partner development manager for Google Books in Australia and New Zealand. Tanner is currently the Australian manager of publi...
Objections filed as Google Settlement opt out deadline passes
Microsoft, Yahoo and the German government are among the many entities to have filed an objection to the Google Settlement ahead of the extended deadline for such complaints which passed on Tuesd...
Quote of the week
'It brings books back to life and creates a new market for books that have been languishing on bookshelves for years. From an author's point of view it is a tremendous opportunity to reach your audien...
Google ebooks to be stored 'in the cloud'
Google has announced that its future plans for ebooks include cloud storage, partnerships with any and all retailers, and files that are readable on any device.
Sony claims 1 million Google e-books available
Sony has said that it now has more than 1 million public-domain titles available in its ebook store. The titles are provided by Google from its mass digitisation program, begun almost five years ago.
SharedBook hosts Google Books discussion
Online publisher SharedBook has offered its services to host an interactive discussion on the proposed Google Books settlement.
Google settlement intervention motion dismissed
A US court has dismissed the attempt by the Internet Archive to intervene in the proposed Google Books settlement. The Archive was seeking to alter the proposed settlement to give other companies that...
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