The links below are to articles that may report on the end of the long-running Google Books scanning saga in the courts – I think.
For more visit:
– http://the-digital-reader.com/2016/04/18/supreme-court-rejects-challenge-to-google-book-scanning-project/
– https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160419/00081534205/authors-guild-petulantly-whines-about-how-wrong-it-is-that-public-will-benefit-google-books.shtml
The links below are to articles reporting on the latest news concerning the Google Book’s scanning project.
For more visit:
– http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/16/us-google-books-idUSKCN0SA1S020151016
– http://www.detroitnews.com/story/tech/2015/10/16/google-book-battle/74044360/
The link below is to an article that looks at how you can assist the Internet Archive recover after the fire that is suffered.
For more visit:
http://www.mediabistro.com/appnewser/help-the-internet-archive-replace-its-scanning-equipment-after-devastating-fire_b42227
A lot has been said about Google and its book scanning projects. In one case Google has won a case for scanning books as a search project. Will this also prove useful in their case for scanning books for the Google Books project?
For more visit the article linked to below:
http://gigaom.com/2012/10/11/why-google-is-right-and-the-authors-guild-is-wrong-on-book-scanning/
I’m not sure I follow just what this site is about yet. I’ll need to have a closer look at it as the front page linked to here seems to confuse me (or it’s just getting late). Anyhow, this could be of interest and some use.
For more visit:
http://1dollarscan.com/evernote/
The link below is to an article on the scanning service 1DollarScan. The service will scan your old books and make them into an ebook.
For more, visit:
http://mashable.com/2012/03/29/1dollarscan/
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