Google announced that it has settled with a group of photographers, visual artists, and affiliated associations over a lawsuit related to copyrighted material in Google Books. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but Google said in a statement,…
A Charlie Brown Christmas And Other Peanuts Books Will Soon Be Available As eBooks
It’s almost Christmas which means that you’ve probably watched A Charlie Brown Christmas about 20 times already. It’s a holiday classic for sure, but the book isn’t half bad either. It and a number of other Peanuts printed works will…
“Herman Melville Books,” Rather Than “Moby-Dick,” Is Google’s Doodle Query
Update: They’ve actually changed the query to “herman melville books” rather than just “herman melville”. It still takes you to the Herman Melville Knowledge Graph results. You can still see Google.in has it pointing to “herman melville”. As previously reported,…
Herman Melville Gets The Google Doodle Treatment
Herman Melville, the author of Moby-Dick, is the subject of a new Google. Actually the book itself is really the subject, as a mouse-over indicates (not to mention the image itself), but if you click on the doodle, you’re taken…
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 October of 2005. Google says the settlement acknowledges the “rights and interests of…
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 probably the highlight. This includes a reading area, which is…
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 points to a court order from the Judge, discussing why it…
Google Book Scans Get Unified With Web Search
Google released its big list of 39 changes it made in May. One particularly interesting change deals with how Google handles results from the books it scans. The change says: Scoring and infrastructure improvements for Google Books pages in Universal…
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. Interestingly, the Google Book Search Twitter account tweeted…
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 and apps into the Google Play store. One of the lesser…
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 the Internet. “We’ve all been there: the Internet is suddenly…
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 many of the popular sites we…
Google Books Deal Would Be Anti-competitive, Says FairSearch
As previously reported, Judge Denny Chin rejected a Google Books settlement proposal, which would have enabled Google to scan, digitize, and distribute millions of in copyright, but out-of-print books. Chin concluded in a court document, “In the end, I conclude…
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 out-of-print works – will not stand as is. This afternoon, Judge Denny…
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 mean nothing’s been happening, as today, Google signaled that it’s scanned (and returned) one million books from the Committee on Institutional Cooperation.