Search engine solliciting publishers for e-book store
Google is inviting UK and US publishers to sign up for a forthcoming e-book store on its website.
Users will get access to purchased book through their browser only, and will not be allowed to save local copies of the book or copy pages.
"Google Book Search helps users who find and preview your books buy them through online retailers, local bookstores, and soon, will let them pay for immediate access to them right from their browser. It’s a way for publishers to experiment with a new method of earning money from their books in addition to those that already exist," the search engine said on a webpage where it invites publishers to sign up for the service.
The service is part of Google's book search, a feature that lets users perform search queries against texts published in books. The service presents users with fragments from the books and in some cases links online retailers. But so far it doesn't provide direct access to the works.
In a related programme, Google Print is scanning books from several libraries. These books contain both public domain works which copyrights have expired and copyrighted materials. The latter has sparked two lawsuits challenging the programme and has forced the company to the programme temporarily on hold.
Several other parties meanwhile have launched competing projects.
Amazon last November launched Amazon Pages, offering digital copies of individual pages, chapters or entire works.
Microsoft in October joined the Open Content Alliance that also that seeks to scan public domain books. Yahoo and HP Labs are among the organisation's founding members.
Google is inviting UK and US publishers to sign up for a forthcoming e-book store on its website.
Users will get access to purchased book through their browser only, and will not be allowed to save local copies of the book or copy pages.
"Google Book Search helps users who find and preview your books buy them through online retailers, local bookstores, and soon, will let them pay for immediate access to them right from their browser. It’s a way for publishers to experiment with a new method of earning money from their books in addition to those that already exist," the search engine said on a webpage where it invites publishers to sign up for the service.
The service is part of Google's book search, a feature that lets users perform search queries against texts published in books. The service presents users with fragments from the books and in some cases links online retailers. But so far it doesn't provide direct access to the works.
In a related programme, Google Print is scanning books from several libraries. These books contain both public domain works which copyrights have expired and copyrighted materials. The latter has sparked two lawsuits challenging the programme and has forced the company to the programme temporarily on hold.
Several other parties meanwhile have launched competing projects.
Amazon last November launched Amazon Pages, offering digital copies of individual pages, chapters or entire works.
Microsoft in October joined the Open Content Alliance that also that seeks to scan public domain books. Yahoo and HP Labs are among the organisation's founding members.
Share this page
Email this page
Back to Top
Home
Edit Post
0 comments: