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]]> By: Book Buzz » Blog Archive » http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-213207 Book Buzz » Blog Archive » Fri, 22 Sep 2006 04:53:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-213207 [...] Comment on Google Allows Downloads of out-of-copyright <b>Books</b> by <b>…</b> [...] [...] Comment on Google Allows Downloads of out-of-copyright <b>Books</b> by <b>…</b> [...]

]]> By: Pacificdave Blog » Tasty article dump http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-186460 Pacificdave Blog » Tasty article dump Tue, 12 Sep 2006 02:20:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-186460 [...] Google allows downloads of out-of-copyright books [...] [...] Google allows downloads of out-of-copyright books [...]

]]> By: Vijay http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-180958 Vijay Sat, 09 Sep 2006 14:51:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-180958 Realy good news. Realy good news.

]]> By: Get your books from Google for free « Nuevobasso http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-171952 Get your books from Google for free « Nuevobasso Mon, 04 Sep 2006 15:04:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-171952 [...] Google recently announced that they are making out-of-copyright books available as free PDF downloads via Google Book Search. See this Technorati post for more information. Here are some of the books curently available: [...] [...] Google recently announced that they are making out-of-copyright books available as free PDF downloads via Google Book Search. See this Technorati post for more information. Here are some of the books curently available: [...]

]]> By: samtsai http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-171394 samtsai Mon, 04 Sep 2006 10:09:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-171394 Does that include music books? Does that include music books?

]]> By: Svizzer Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-169675 Svizzer Blog Sun, 03 Sep 2006 13:32:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-169675 [...] Wovon in diesem Kontext aber dringend abzuraten ist, ist ein Ratschlag, den ich in den Kommentaren zu Michael Arrington’s Erwähnung von Google Books auf TechCrunch gefunden habe und der lautet, man möge doch Texte, die nicht in der jeweils präferierten Sprache vorliegen, kurzerhand mit Google übersetzen lassen. Was dabei an Unsinn herauskommt, zeigt die Übersetzung der Zusammenfassung des Inhalts der “Leiden des jungen Werthers” vom englischen ins deutsche. [...] [...] Wovon in diesem Kontext aber dringend abzuraten ist, ist ein Ratschlag, den ich in den Kommentaren zu Michael Arrington’s Erwähnung von Google Books auf TechCrunch gefunden habe und der lautet, man möge doch Texte, die nicht in der jeweils präferierten Sprache vorliegen, kurzerhand mit Google übersetzen lassen. Was dabei an Unsinn herauskommt, zeigt die Übersetzung der Zusammenfassung des Inhalts der “Leiden des jungen Werthers” vom englischen ins deutsche. [...]

]]> By: Kung Fu Apps » Blog Archive » Google Releases Open Source OCR http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-165231 Kung Fu Apps » Blog Archive » Google Releases Open Source OCR Fri, 01 Sep 2006 15:44:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-165231 [...] Google announced this afternoon on their blog that they have re-released the open source Tesseract optical character recognition (OCR) engine that was originally developed at HP back in 1995.  It’s not clearly stated on their blog, but I can imagine that this has something to do with the recent PDF book downloads that they made available.  Some of the books that I checked out the other day appeared to be rendered PDFs meaning that they were not searchable.  [...] [...] Google announced this afternoon on their blog that they have re-released the open source Tesseract optical character recognition (OCR) engine that was originally developed at HP back in 1995.  It’s not clearly stated on their blog, but I can imagine that this has something to do with the recent PDF book downloads that they made available.  Some of the books that I checked out the other day appeared to be rendered PDFs meaning that they were not searchable.  [...]

]]> By: Clicked : Steal this old book http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-164663 Clicked : Steal this old book Fri, 01 Sep 2006 08:57:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-164663 [...] Posted: Friday, September 01, 2006 4:56 AM by Will Femia "Google is adding a feature to its Google Books service today to allow PDF downloads of out-of-copyright books." [...] [...] Posted: Friday, September 01, 2006 4:56 AM by Will Femia “Google is adding a feature to its Google Books service today to allow PDF downloads of out-of-copyright books.” [...]

]]> By: Marcus http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-163781 Marcus Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:18:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-163781 That's actually just an intro to Inferno that you're linking to.. not Dante's Inferno itself. :) That’s actually just an intro to Inferno that you’re linking to.. not Dante’s Inferno itself. :)

]]> By: Tuggle http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-163479 Tuggle Thu, 31 Aug 2006 13:13:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-163479 Ahh, goodbye University library. Ahh, goodbye University library.

]]> By: Yehudah Goldstein http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-163244 Yehudah Goldstein Thu, 31 Aug 2006 09:42:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-163244 I don't like PDF as web format. I don’t like PDF as web format.

]]> By: Phoenix http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-163153 Phoenix Thu, 31 Aug 2006 08:39:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-163153 Well I have personally been able to find a lot of pdf ebooks all over the internet. Non-copyright books are not difficult to find at all. On the contrary if google can take up an initiative to create an e-library for all users who can access books for a certain period of time without being able to make copies of it, then it would be grand! :) Well I have personally been able to find a lot of pdf ebooks all over the internet. Non-copyright books are not difficult to find at all.

On the contrary if google can take up an initiative to create an e-library for all users who can access books for a certain period of time without being able to make copies of it, then it would be grand! :)

]]> By: » Blog Archive » Google Book Search Public Domain Downloads, by the Numbers… http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-163089 » Blog Archive » Google Book Search Public Domain Downloads, by the Numbers… Thu, 31 Aug 2006 07:41:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-163089 [...] As you probably already know, Google Book Search now allows its users to download a PDF version of public domain books. What’s the big deal, you say? Considering services like Project Gutenberg and the Internet Archive, what’s so special about Google offering the same? It’s a matter of scale. Google has already secured partnerships with the University of Michigan, Harvard University, Stanford University, Oxford University, the University of California and the New York Public Library. They are also conducting a pilot project with the Library of Congress. With these kinds of relationships, the number of public domain books made readily accessible through Google could easily dwarf the 19,000 books on Project Gutenberg or 30,000 texts at the Internet Archive. Harvard expects to share over one million out of copyright books, out of it total library of 15.5 million books. The New York Public Library openned up access to 20 million. Stanford is dishing out 9 million books. UC is committing at least 2.5 of its 34 million books. Finally, the University of Michigan is chipping in another 7 million. So, over a total of 85.5 million books, less than one percent need to be out of copyright in order to surpass the size of the other two public projects. Certainly more than that number fall before the 1923 copyright cut-off, and if we are to believe google’s estimate via the Online Computer Library Center, 20% of books are in the public domain right now. [...] [...] As you probably already know, Google Book Search now allows its users to download a PDF version of public domain books. What’s the big deal, you say? Considering services like Project Gutenberg and the Internet Archive, what’s so special about Google offering the same? It’s a matter of scale. Google has already secured partnerships with the University of Michigan, Harvard University, Stanford University, Oxford University, the University of California and the New York Public Library. They are also conducting a pilot project with the Library of Congress. With these kinds of relationships, the number of public domain books made readily accessible through Google could easily dwarf the 19,000 books on Project Gutenberg or 30,000 texts at the Internet Archive. Harvard expects to share over one million out of copyright books, out of it total library of 15.5 million books. The New York Public Library openned up access to 20 million. Stanford is dishing out 9 million books. UC is committing at least 2.5 of its 34 million books. Finally, the University of Michigan is chipping in another 7 million. So, over a total of 85.5 million books, less than one percent need to be out of copyright in order to surpass the size of the other two public projects. Certainly more than that number fall before the 1923 copyright cut-off, and if we are to believe google’s estimate via the Online Computer Library Center, 20% of books are in the public domain right now. [...]

]]> By: Cruncher http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-162577 Cruncher Thu, 31 Aug 2006 01:02:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-162577 That was one horrible copy. In the pdf, you will see highlighting/undelining few places, you will see some folds and few places fonts are not clear. If this is how, the books they digitize are going to be - I would stay away from it. That was one horrible copy. In the pdf, you will see highlighting/undelining few places, you will see some folds and few places fonts are not clear.

If this is how, the books they digitize are going to be - I would stay away from it.

]]> By: Vlad http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-162520 Vlad Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:09:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-162520 Who the hell wants to read The Inferno, stupid layers of hell, lol had to read that in a humanities class in college, Boring, and hard to understand the words with the style of the writing. Who the hell wants to read The Inferno, stupid layers of hell, lol had to read that in a humanities class in college, Boring, and hard to understand the words with the style of the writing.

]]> By: Glenn Kelly http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-162345 Glenn Kelly Wed, 30 Aug 2006 21:27:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-162345 I've been checking out google books for a while now. It's still a good start, but so many books that were written over 50 years ago are still unfortunately in copyright :( I’ve been checking out google books for a while now. It’s still a good start, but so many books that were written over 50 years ago are still unfortunately in copyright :(

]]> By: Ryan W. http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-162274 Ryan W. Wed, 30 Aug 2006 20:10:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-162274 This is way over-hyped. There are already numerous other projects out there who are working to accomplish the same thing (although Google could trump them in terms of comprehensiveness, given their resources). And to all those predicting that this will hurt barnes and noble or that google will now "dominate" public libraries, have you really spent much time reading books in PDF format, especially when you could get the hardcopy for cheap (or free)? Most of these books can be obtained inexpensively and maybe it's just me, but I just can't see myself reading Dante's Inferno on my laptop. Hardcopy books aren't going anywhere just yet. This is way over-hyped. There are already numerous other projects out there who are working to accomplish the same thing (although Google could trump them in terms of comprehensiveness, given their resources).

And to all those predicting that this will hurt barnes and noble or that google will now “dominate” public libraries, have you really spent much time reading books in PDF format, especially when you could get the hardcopy for cheap (or free)? Most of these books can be obtained inexpensively and maybe it’s just me, but I just can’t see myself reading Dante’s Inferno on my laptop. Hardcopy books aren’t going anywhere just yet.

]]> By: Cluster21 : la communauté du digital, des médias à la e-démocratie... http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-162145 Cluster21 : la communauté du digital, des médias à la e-démocratie... Wed, 30 Aug 2006 17:56:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-162145 <strong>Google autorise le téléchargement de livres...</strong> Comme le signale TechCrunch par Business Week et l'AFP, Google a ajouté une fonctionalité à son service Google Books pour autoriser les téléchargements de fichier PDF de livres hors copyright. Par example, pour télécharger la version ... Google autorise le téléchargement de livres…

Comme le signale TechCrunch par Business Week et l’AFP, Google a ajouté une fonctionalité à son service Google Books pour autoriser les téléchargements de fichier PDF de livres hors copyright.
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]]> By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Google、著作権切れ書籍のpdfダウンロード開始 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-162141 TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Google、著作権切れ書籍のpdfダウンロード開始 Wed, 30 Aug 2006 17:49:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-162141 [...] [原文へ] Google Google Books [...] [...] [原文へ] Google Google Books [...]

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]]> By: despuesdegoogle » Archivo del weblog » Libros y música gratis en Internet (o casi) http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-162133 despuesdegoogle » Archivo del weblog » Libros y música gratis en Internet (o casi) Wed, 30 Aug 2006 17:46:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-162133 [...] Siempre me hacen gracia las declaraciones entre victimistas y catastrofistas de quienes defenden los llamados derechos de autor. Y me río porque la televisión lleva más de 50 años siendo un negocio para operadoras, productores y demás gente del oficio mientras a los usuarios les sale gratis. El truco, tan simple como la publicidad. La televisión, una industria moderna posterior a la discográfica o cinematográfica, se creó a partir de este esquema comercial, y ha funcionado. ¿Qué está pasando? Pues que Internet está rompiendo muchos esquemas de forma imprevista y casi espontánea. No son las grandes empresas que lideran el mercado informático (HP, IBM, Sun…) las que han creado la web 2.0 abriendo perspectivas de negocio y conductas nuevas de interacción para millones de usuarios. Por una parte, Internet (y el móvil y los vídeojuegos) está desbancando a una televisión que resulta aburrida y pasiva para los (pre)adolescentes acostumbrados a la inmediatez de los SMS, la diversidad de las redes p2p y el encuentro grupal de los messengers. Es urgente un replanteamiento radical de un medio que se está desfasando lentamente, lo cual incluye una revisión radical del papel y el diseño de la publicidad. Veremos cómo Google crea la publicidad individualizada y dinámica en la nueva televisión Por otra, las grandes operadoras y distribuidoras de música, cine y televisión empiezan a salir de un discurso paramilitar que criminalizaba las redes de intercambio, los formatos comprimidos y las copias para acercarse con prudencia a esta inmensa infraestructura de (re)distribución que es Internet. ¿Cómo hacer negocio en un mundo nuevo? Este es el dilema y el objetivo. iTunes ha sido hasta ahora una de las más exitosas fórmulas, y un ejemplo contundente de que existe un público dispuesto a pagar. A pagar una cantidad razonable y no precios abusivos, y a pagar por la comodidad. En eso iTunes se parece al éxito de algunas distribuciones Linux, que han crecido como empresas a base de vender valores añadidos (fundamentalmente, servicios) para un producto gratuito. Para mí está claro que se va a llegar a una (o mejor, varias) solución(es) de compromiso entre los intereses industriales y las exigencias de un usuario experto y exigente. Como la de SpiralFrog, estupendamente analizada por Uberbin.net. Música gratis pero con DRM y otras limitaciones o impuestos indirectos del tipo publicidad indirecta. Un gancho con el que robar clientes a iTunes (excluido del lobby que pretende crear SpiralFrog) y reducir su casi monopolio. El futuro sólo es para los listos. Se impone la lógica del negocio y su actualización permanente. En esto, también sigue vigente la ley darwinista. Hay que buscar, persuadir y mimar al cliente, la base de todo consumo. Google lo hace, regalando los libros que ha digitalizado que ya están libres de derechos de autor, o sea todos los clásicos. Mientras los empresarios de discos no entiendan que existe un espacio gratuito de promoción y consumo como siempre ha sido la televisión, más pierden el tren de la historia. [...] [...] Siempre me hacen gracia las declaraciones entre victimistas y catastrofistas de quienes defenden los llamados derechos de autor. Y me río porque la televisión lleva más de 50 años siendo un negocio para operadoras, productores y demás gente del oficio mientras a los usuarios les sale gratis. El truco, tan simple como la publicidad. La televisión, una industria moderna posterior a la discográfica o cinematográfica, se creó a partir de este esquema comercial, y ha funcionado. ¿Qué está pasando? Pues que Internet está rompiendo muchos esquemas de forma imprevista y casi espontánea. No son las grandes empresas que lideran el mercado informático (HP, IBM, Sun…) las que han creado la web 2.0 abriendo perspectivas de negocio y conductas nuevas de interacción para millones de usuarios. Por una parte, Internet (y el móvil y los vídeojuegos) está desbancando a una televisión que resulta aburrida y pasiva para los (pre)adolescentes acostumbrados a la inmediatez de los SMS, la diversidad de las redes p2p y el encuentro grupal de los messengers. Es urgente un replanteamiento radical de un medio que se está desfasando lentamente, lo cual incluye una revisión radical del papel y el diseño de la publicidad. Veremos cómo Google crea la publicidad individualizada y dinámica en la nueva televisión Por otra, las grandes operadoras y distribuidoras de música, cine y televisión empiezan a salir de un discurso paramilitar que criminalizaba las redes de intercambio, los formatos comprimidos y las copias para acercarse con prudencia a esta inmensa infraestructura de (re)distribución que es Internet. ¿Cómo hacer negocio en un mundo nuevo? Este es el dilema y el objetivo. iTunes ha sido hasta ahora una de las más exitosas fórmulas, y un ejemplo contundente de que existe un público dispuesto a pagar. A pagar una cantidad razonable y no precios abusivos, y a pagar por la comodidad. En eso iTunes se parece al éxito de algunas distribuciones Linux, que han crecido como empresas a base de vender valores añadidos (fundamentalmente, servicios) para un producto gratuito. Para mí está claro que se va a llegar a una (o mejor, varias) solución(es) de compromiso entre los intereses industriales y las exigencias de un usuario experto y exigente. Como la de SpiralFrog, estupendamente analizada por Uberbin.net. Música gratis pero con DRM y otras limitaciones o impuestos indirectos del tipo publicidad indirecta. Un gancho con el que robar clientes a iTunes (excluido del lobby que pretende crear SpiralFrog) y reducir su casi monopolio. El futuro sólo es para los listos. Se impone la lógica del negocio y su actualización permanente. En esto, también sigue vigente la ley darwinista. Hay que buscar, persuadir y mimar al cliente, la base de todo consumo. Google lo hace, regalando los libros que ha digitalizado que ya están libres de derechos de autor, o sea todos los clásicos. Mientras los empresarios de discos no entiendan que existe un espacio gratuito de promoción y consumo como siempre ha sido la televisión, más pierden el tren de la historia. [...]

]]> By: Peter http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-162067 Peter Wed, 30 Aug 2006 16:38:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-162067 wow - this is great - i think. barnes and noble and the others just had a very bad morning. i love hanging and barnes/borders, but will they be able to stick it out after Google continues to slam them? i wonder how much these free books made for the big boys? maybe not so much.... wow - this is great - i think. barnes and noble and the others just had a very bad morning.

i love hanging and barnes/borders, but will they be able to stick it out after Google continues to slam them? i wonder how much these free books made for the big boys? maybe not so much….

]]> By: Once in a blue moon http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-162060 Once in a blue moon Wed, 30 Aug 2006 16:29:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/#comment-162060 <strong>在美國以外地區用 Google Book Search 下載 PDF 的偷吃步...</strong> ... 在美國以外地區用 Google Book Search 下載 PDF 的偷吃步…

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