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Google's Books project, which has indexed millions of titles and made them available online, hasn't always been on completely solid legal footing. After all, Books operates without the permission of authors, which has understandably drawn some ire from copyright holders, not to mention other web giants. Well, a federal ruling handed down today gives strong backing to Google's digitizing efforts: U.S. Circuit Judge Denny Chin dismissed a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by an author group against Google.

In his opinion, Chin ruled that showing excerpts of books in search results falls under fair use, and that Books "advances the progress of the arts and sciences, while maintaining respectful consideration for the rights of authors and other creative individuals." Of course, for writers hoping to get paid for access to their works, this decision will come as a disappointment. But considering how deeply ingrained the Google Books project is by now, the ruling is hardly surprising, either.

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<![CDATA[Google Play Books updated to allow user uploads, supports EPUB and PDF]]> http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/15/google-play-books-updated-to-allow-user-uploads/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget&ncid=rss_semi http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/15/google-play-books-updated-to-allow-user-uploads/ http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/15/google-play-books-updated-to-allow-user-uploads/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments Google Play Books updated to allow user uploads, supports EPUB and PDF

With the exception of a brief mention in Google Play for Education, Mountain View's book platform was all but absent from its Google I/O presentation. Still, the service is getting updated with a significant new feature: user uploads. It hasn't rolled out to all users yet, but those with access are now able to add up to 1,000 PDF and EPUB files to their Google Play online library. Both the Android and iOS versions of the app will be able to read these files starting today. The update brings a standard assortment of stability and performance improvements too, and Android users will see a few minor visual tweaks. Check out the source link below to see if the feature has rolled out to your account, or click here to peek at Google's biggest I/O announcements.

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<![CDATA[Google Play Books app arrives in Japan, adds translation, place info, highlighting and more]]> http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/24/google-play-books-app-japan-translation-place/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget&ncid=rss_semi http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/24/google-play-books-app-japan-translation-place/ http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/24/google-play-books-app-japan-translation-place/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments Google Play Books app arrives in Japan, adds translation, place info, highlighting and more

Not content at stopping with its recent European tour, Google Play Books has made the trip to Japan and brought back a handful of new features. In addition to support for reading Japanese books in a vertical, right-to left layout, Mountain view now lets users tap on names of geographical spots within text and see them pinned to a Google Map alongside the option to find more information using Larry Page's favorite search engine or Wikipedia. A freshly added translation feature takes user-highlighted words and phrases and spits them out in the reader's language of choice. Particularly studious literature lovers can now mark up their digital books with notes and highlights that sync to the web and across their personal fleet of devices. A new sepia tone theme also joined the existing day and night views on their journey abroad. Hit the source links below for more details and the download.

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Source: Official Android Blog, Google Play

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<![CDATA[Nexus 7 guidebook appears on Google Play, teaches you how to blink, manage Google Now cards]]> http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/nexus-7-guidebook-appears-on-google-play-teaches-you-how-to-bli/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget&ncid=rss_semi http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/nexus-7-guidebook-appears-on-google-play-teaches-you-how-to-bli/ http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/nexus-7-guidebook-appears-on-google-play-teaches-you-how-to-bli/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments Nexus 7 guidebook appears on Google Play, teaches you how to blink, manage Google Now cards

Trapped in that post-Google I/O funk of hurry up, pre-order and wait? Maybe this can satiate your desires: a Nexus 7 guidebook detailing the basics of Mountain View's upcoming slate. The digital tome covers standard Android usage as well as Jelly Bean specific tips -- including the OS' dynamically resizable widgets, using Google Now cards and "blink for face unlock," a stock Android take on Samsung's eyelid shuttering identification tweak. Ready to read up? Check it out at the Google Play link below.

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<![CDATA[Google launches Endangered Languages website to save 3,000 at-risk tongues]]> http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/21/google-launches-endangered-languages-project/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget&ncid=rss_semi http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/21/google-launches-endangered-languages-project/ http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/21/google-launches-endangered-languages-project/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments DNP  Google launches Endangered Languages website to preserve atrisk tongues with

Google lets users surf the web in 40-plus languages, and its Translate service accounts for 57 different tongues, but those numbers are dwarfed by the grand total of 7,000 currently existing languages. On its official blog today, the company announced the Endangered Languages Project, a website dedicated to preserving at-risk dialects by providing information via audio, video and text samples. Google collaborated with the University of Hawai'i at Manoa and Eastern Michigan University to compile research on the 3,000 languages at risk of dying out, and each language's profile includes results drawn from Google Books. Click through to the source link to check out a global visualization of these tongues -- it's mind-boggling that there are 52 endangered languages in Brazil alone.

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<![CDATA[Google brokers a deal with French publishers to immortalize out-of-print books]]> http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/11/google-books-france-deal/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget&ncid=rss_semi http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/11/google-books-france-deal/ http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/11/google-books-france-deal/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments Google faire daccord avec French publishers to immortalize outofprint books

Google has reached an agreement with France's publishers to scan thousands of out-of-print texts. From the terse explanation offered, it looks like Mountain View will digitize the books, but the publishers and authors will retain commercial use of them. It means those editions will presumably be sold over Google Play rather than being offered free -- but on the upside, will mean that you'll save plenty of time checking eBay for that copy of Fly Fishing by J.R. Hartley.

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<![CDATA[Google Play replaces Android Market, new source for apps, books, movies and music (video)]]> http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/06/google-play-replaces-android-market/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget&ncid=rss_semi http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/06/google-play-replaces-android-market/ http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/06/google-play-replaces-android-market/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments Google Play replaces Android Market, your new source for apps, books, movies and musicThe Android Market has morphed significantly since its inception, which now allows users to purchase books, music and rent movies, all from within a hub that was originally designed for just apps. To recognize this fundamental shift -- and emphasize the availability of content for sale -- Google is launching a new platform known as Google Play. The move hints at a strategy shift from just Android to the cloud as a whole, and establishes an umbrella brand for the diverse content sold by Google. For example, its Books, Music and Videos apps will now become Play Books, Play Music and Play Movies, while the Android Market itself will take on the moniker of Play Store. Users of Android 2.2 (and above) should notice the software update within the next few days, although other than the new name, initial changes should be minimal. We're also to be on the lookout for a new "Play" tab within the top toolbar of Google's website. To mark the occasion, the company has announced a promotional "Seven Days to Play" sale, which will tease would-be shoppers with discounted apps, books, movies and music throughout the week. For an additional peek at what's in store, you'll find the gallery below and a video after the break.

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<![CDATA[Google Books for Chrome gets offline support, one less excuse for not reading the 'classics']]> http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/22/google-books-for-chrome-gets-offline-support-one-less-excuse-fo/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget&ncid=rss_semi http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/22/google-books-for-chrome-gets-offline-support-one-less-excuse-fo/ http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/22/google-books-for-chrome-gets-offline-support-one-less-excuse-fo/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments Google Books Offline So, you can read all those tomes you've picked up through Google Books offline on your smartphone and tablet, but what about on your laptop? Well, if for some reason you've got the desire to power through Finnegans Wake in your browser (though, we're not really sure why you'd do that to yourself) we've got good news -- the Google Books app for Chrome now caches your titles for local reading. To download a book, just hover over the cover in library view and select "make available offline" from the pop-up. Then, even when you can't get your Chromebook connected, you'll be able to sit back and relax with a classic novel or seedy romance tale.

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<![CDATA[Google thinks your digital books belong on a digital bookcase, digitally (video)]]> http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/18/google-thinks-your-digital-books-belong-on-a-digital-bookcase-d/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget&ncid=rss_semi http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/18/google-thinks-your-digital-books-belong-on-a-digital-bookcase-d/ http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/18/google-thinks-your-digital-books-belong-on-a-digital-bookcase-d/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments How to best view the Google Books collections? Why, a digital bookcase, of course. But this isn't just any bookcase, it's a giant spinning 3D helix of a bookcase, collecting more than 10,000 titles in 28 subjects. Users can navigate the WebGL Bookcase by spinning it around or swiping it up and down. Sure, it's not the quickest way to locate a title amongst tens of thousands of books, but perhaps it'll offer up some small consolation for those who miss browsing real-life bookstores. You can check out the experiment in the source link below -- be forewarned, however, that it's a bit of a resource hog.

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<![CDATA[T-Mobile G2 gets its turn for Gingerbread, OTA rolling out now]]> http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/28/t-mobile-g2-gets-its-turn-for-gingerbread-ota-rolling-out-now/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget&ncid=rss_semi http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/28/t-mobile-g2-gets-its-turn-for-gingerbread-ota-rolling-out-now/ http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/28/t-mobile-g2-gets-its-turn-for-gingerbread-ota-rolling-out-now/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments The T-Mobile G2x was the attention-hoarder this week by getting Gingerbread, but where's the love for its older brother? After all, the G2 seemed to be left for dead as HTC's promise of a Q2 refresh was broken with nary a peep from the manufacturer. No need to feel nervous any longer, folks, as Android 2.3 is now rolling out as an OTA download. In addition to Gingerbread, the listed update will include WiFi improvements, SMS and email notification enhancements, Google Books, and a few cosmetic UI changes. The rollout process will run its course over the coming weeks, so you'll need to exercise just a wee bit more patience here. At least the G2 isn't falling into the depths of obsolescence yet; but for future reference, T-Mobile, please text us when you're running a bit late.

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<![CDATA[Google Books, Kobo, more get iOS App Store shakedown (update: Kindle too)]]> http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/25/google-books-kobo-more-get-ios-app-store-shakedown/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget&ncid=rss_semi http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/25/google-books-kobo-more-get-ios-app-store-shakedown/ http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/25/google-books-kobo-more-get-ios-app-store-shakedown/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments Heat waves aside, this last weekend has proven to be a fairly rough one for e-book sellers. In spite of backing off a bit from its initial demands, there have apparently been some major changes afoot in the iOS App Store, with a number of apps scaling back access to their online e-book markets or being pulled from the store altogether. Kobo, one of the former, told The Wall Street Journal (which also reported on its own iOS woes) it was informed on Saturday that it needs to stop selling books through its app. The Google Books app, meanwhile, has been removed altogether, though Google has yet to comment on the matter, possibly revamping the app to comply with the stricter rules. While the adjustments will certainly be a nuisance for the companies involved, selling books through Apple devices will not be an impossibility, so long as customers can still access the markets through Safari.

Update: You can now add Amazon to the list as well. The latest version of the Kindle app removes the Kindle Store button that previously allowed you to purchase e-books on your iOS device.

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<![CDATA[iRiver Story HD review]]> http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/19/iriver-story-hd-review/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget&ncid=rss_semi http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/19/iriver-story-hd-review/ http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/19/iriver-story-hd-review/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments When it was unveiled back in January, the Story HD, iRiver's first entry into the US e-reader market, boasted all manner of exciting technologies, including an "HD" display and a souped-up (in e-reader terms) processor. Things have changed in the past six months, thanks in part to new Nook and Kobo devices. The other week, however, iRiver pulled out a pre-release surprise that turned plenty of heads: a partnership with Google Books. Are these features enough to make the company competitive in an already crowded market dominated by the Kindle? Find out the answer to all that and more in the review below.

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<![CDATA[British Library and Google Books partner up to digitize 250,000 out-of-copyright works]]> http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/20/british-library-and-google-books-partner-up-to-digitize-250-000/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget&ncid=rss_semi http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/20/british-library-and-google-books-partner-up-to-digitize-250-000/ http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/20/british-library-and-google-books-partner-up-to-digitize-250-000/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments Oh paper, ye olde guardian of human wisdom, culture, and history, why must you be so fragile and voluminous? Not a question we ask ourselves every day, admittedly, but when you're talking about the British Library's extensive collection of tomes from the 18th and 19th century, those books, pamphlets and periodicals do stack up pretty quickly. Thankfully, Google's book digitization project has come to the rescue of bewildered researchers, with a new partnership with the British Library that will result in the availability of digital copies of works from that period -- spanning the time of the French and Industrial Revolutions, the Crimean War, the invention of the telegraph, and the end of slavery. In total, some 250,000 such items, all of them long out of copyright, will find a home on Google Books and the British Library's website, and Google has even been nice enough to bear the full cost of transforming them into web-accessible gems of knowledge. Jump past the break for the similarly digital press release.

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<![CDATA[Google's deal for book digitization rejected by judge, Books plans sent back to drawing board]]> http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/22/googles-deal-for-book-digitization-rejected-by-judge-books-pla/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget&ncid=rss_semi http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/22/googles-deal-for-book-digitization-rejected-by-judge-books-pla/ http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/22/googles-deal-for-book-digitization-rejected-by-judge-books-pla/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments It's taken a long, long time to fully consider Google's proposed $125 million settlement with publishers and authors of out-of-print works, but now the ruling has been handed down and it's not the one the Mountain View team wanted. Circuit Judge Chin, who had preliminarily approved the deal back in November 2009, has returned with the new conclusion that actually it goes "too far" in Google's favor. The origins of this settlement stem from a class action lawsuit filed against El Goog for a book digitization project it began back in 2004, and it's important to note that terms were agreed way back in 2008, before a bunch of external objections made them revise the document to its current state and refile it with the court in '09. Since then, the Department of Justice has had a look at antitrust concerns relating to Google potentially having a monopoly on orphan works (those whose author cannot be identified) and Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo have all piped up to say it's a bunk deal. Now, the one man standing between us and a whole ton of web-accessible reading materials has agreed with them. He does leave a pretty large door open for reconciliation, however, should Google be willing to accede to less favorable terms. Let's just hope whatever else transpires doesn't take another year and a half to do so.

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<![CDATA[Android Market adds e-books; movies and music soon to come?]]> http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/24/android-market-adds-e-books-movies-and-music-soon-to-come/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget&ncid=rss_semi http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/24/android-market-adds-e-books-movies-and-music-soon-to-come/ http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/24/android-market-adds-e-books-movies-and-music-soon-to-come/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments The Android world's been a-buzz this last week over a few new Android Market URLS, including http://market.android.com/music/ and http://market.android.com/movies/. In case you thought there was nothing to this tip, guess again: the third member of this trifecta (http://market.android.com/books/) has gone live. That's right, visitors to the Android Market can pick up Glenn Beck's mile-a-minute thrill ride The Overton Window for a mere $9. We hope that takes some of the sting out of the fact that a Google Music launch wasn't part of this month's Honeycomb event -- although if we had to wager a guess, we'd say that the company will have Music and Movie offerings soon enough.

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<![CDATA[Google helps scholars mine 1.7 million Victorian era book titles for clues to our historical attitudes]]> http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/06/google-helps-scholars-mine-1-7-million-victorian-era-book-titles/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget&ncid=rss_semi http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/06/google-helps-scholars-mine-1-7-million-victorian-era-book-titles/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/06/google-helps-scholars-mine-1-7-million-victorian-era-book-titles/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments Whether we like, loathe, or never even considered the idea of it, quantitative literary analysis seems ready for its moment in the spotlight. Dan Cohen and Fred Gibbs, a pair of historians of science over at George Mason University, have been playing around with the titles of some nearly 1.7 million books -- accounting for all the known volumes published in Britain during the 19th century -- in a search for enlightenment about the Victorian era's cultural trends and developments. By looking at how often certain words appear in text titles over time, they can find corroboration or perhaps even refutation for the commonly held theories about that time -- although they themselves warn that correlation isn't always indicative of causation. Their research has been made possible by Google's Books venture, which is busily digitizing just about every instance of the written word ever, and the next stage will be to try and mine the actual texts themselves for further clues about what our older selves thought about the world. Any bets on when the word "fail" was first used as a noun?

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<![CDATA[Google Editions said to have backing of 'almost all' US publishers]]> http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/google-editions-said-to-have-backing-of-almost-all-us-publishe/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget&ncid=rss_semi http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/google-editions-said-to-have-backing-of-almost-all-us-publishe/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/google-editions-said-to-have-backing-of-almost-all-us-publishe/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments
Well, it looks like Google will be kicking off its forthcoming Google Editions e-book service on a high note -- Japan Today is reporting that the company has managed to score the backing of "almost all" publishers in the United States. That apparently brings the total number of publishers and authors on board to over 25,000, and the total number of books set to be available to somewhere in the neighborhood of two million -- or over four million if you include the public domain books that Google already makes available for free. As far as we can tell, however, Google itself still isn't saying any more on the matter publicly than it did last week, when it confirmed that the service would be launching in late June or July.

[Thanks, Legendary1022]

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<![CDATA[Google Editions e-book service launching this summer]]> http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget&ncid=rss_semi http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments Think Google is content to simply make public domain books freely available for e-book readers? Not quite -- the company has just confirmed that its previously announced Google Editions e-book service will finally be launching in late June or July. That service will apparently let folks buy digital copies of books they find through Google's existing book search service, and let book retailers sell Google Editions on their own site and retain the "bulk of the revenue." Details are otherwise still pretty light, including any word of pricing or publishers involved, but Google has previously said that it planned to make between 400,000 and 600,000 books available with prices set by the publishers.

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<![CDATA[E-reader privacy policies compared: Big Kindle is watching you]]> http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/27/e-reader-privacy-policies-compared-big-kindle-is-watching-you/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget&ncid=rss_semi http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/27/e-reader-privacy-policies-compared-big-kindle-is-watching-you/ http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/27/e-reader-privacy-policies-compared-big-kindle-is-watching-you/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments
It's definitely shaping up to be the year of e-book readers: the Amazon Kindle is flying off (virtual) shelves, and we'd expect the Barnes & Noble Nook to start moving at a decent clip once the kinks get worked out. But any device with an always-on 3G connection to a central server raises some privacy questions, especially when it can broadcast granular, specific data about what you're reading -- data that's subject to a wide spectrum of privacy laws and regulations when it comes to real books and libraries, but much less so in the digital realm. We'd say it's going to take a while for all the privacy implications of e-books to be dealt with by formal policy, but in the meantime the best solution is to be informed -- which is where this handy chart from our friends at the Electronic Frontier Foundation comes in. As you'd expect, the more reading you do online, the more you can be tracked -- and Google Books, the Kindle, and the Nook all log a ton of data that can be shared with law enforcement and various other third parties if required. Of course, we doubt the cops are too interested in your Twilight reading habits, but honestly, we'd rather users weren't tracked at all. Check the full chart and more at the read link.

[Thanks, Tom]

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<![CDATA[Google clarifies plans for Google Editions ebook store launching next year]]> http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/google-clarifies-plans-for-google-editions-ebook-store-launching/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget&ncid=rss_semi http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/google-clarifies-plans-for-google-editions-ebook-store-launching/ http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/google-clarifies-plans-for-google-editions-ebook-store-launching/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments Despite the fact that nobody reads anything anymore, the ebook market sure is hot lately, with Barnes & Noble about to make some sort of big splash and now Google getting in on the action in a new way. After shaking up the industry quite a bit with its Google Books initiative, Google is going to offer paid ebook purchases in its new "Google Editions" store in the first half of next year, which has been bumped back from the 2009 launch originally planned. The store will offer somewhere in the range of 400,000 and 600,000 books (compared to the 100,000ish offered by Sony and the 330,000+ on Kindle), and prices will be set by publishers, with Google collecting 55 percent of the profits and supposedly sharing much of that with "retail partners." The books will be available to any device with a web browser, but will be available offline after they've been accessed the first time -- that sounds like Google Gears to us, but since phones and other devices are mentioned for compatibility, hopefully there's more to it than just a browser-based reader.

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<![CDATA[Amazon formally protests Google Books settlement]]> http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/amazon-formally-protests-google-books-settlement/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget&ncid=rss_semi http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/amazon-formally-protests-google-books-settlement/ http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/amazon-formally-protests-google-books-settlement/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments
Well, we knew this was coming: Amazon's trying to convince a federal judge to block the $125m settlement that'll let Google Books make out-of-print works available online. According to Amazon's newly-filed brief, allowing the settlement will essentially force copyright holders into allowing Google to scan in and sell their works whether they want to or not -- a thorny area of the law Amazon's gotten pretty familiar with as it builds out the Kindle library. Of course, since the actual settlement is between Google and those very same authors and publishers, it certainly seems like Amazon is crying crocodile tears here -- according to our old friend Paul Aiken of the Authors Guild, "Amazon apparently fears Google could upend its plans" to make the Kindle the dominant ebook platform. Heady stuff -- and with more briefs against the settlement due in the next few days from heavy hitters like Sony, Yahoo and Microsoft, things seem like they're building to fever pitch. We'll keep you updated.

Read - USA Today
Read - CNET
Read - Amazon's brief [Warning: PDF]

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<![CDATA[Google makes over a million public domain books available in EPUB format]]> http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/26/google-makes-over-a-million-public-domain-books-available-in-epu/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget&ncid=rss_semi http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/26/google-makes-over-a-million-public-domain-books-available-in-epu/ http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/26/google-makes-over-a-million-public-domain-books-available-in-epu/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments
The deal may have first been announced somewhat quietly last month, but now that Sony's come out with what's arguably its most attractive e-reader to date, the availability of over a million public domain books in the Sony-friendly EPUB format is sure to garner a fair bit more attention. As Google announced on its Inside Google Books blog, those books are now all available for download starting today and are, of course, completely free and able to be used on the EPUB-supporting device of your choice. The move also takes on a particular prominence in light of Google's recent fight with Microsoft, Yahoo, Amazon and the Open Book Alliance, who have taken issue with Google's settlement with book publishers and authors that would give it the right to digitize orphan works and make the now out-of-print (but non-public domain) books widely available.

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<![CDATA[Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo unite against Google Books]]> http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/amazon-microsoft-and-yahoo-unite-against-google-books/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget&ncid=rss_semi http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/amazon-microsoft-and-yahoo-unite-against-google-books/ http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/amazon-microsoft-and-yahoo-unite-against-google-books/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments Microsoft, its new pet dog Yahoo, and Amazon have decided to join together in the soon to be formed Open Book Alliance. You might expect this to be a revolutionary new collaborative effort at delivering the written word in a way that makes Google Books pale into insignificance, but you would, of course, be wrong. Far from trying to compete with Google, The OBA is set to act as the collective mouthpiece for all those opposed to Google's recent $125 million settlement deal with book publishers and authors. With the US Department of Justice already investigating antitrust concerns relating to the case, the other big dogs just couldn't restrain themselves from coming together for a united whinge. Should the settlement be cleared, it will permit Google non-exclusive rights to orphan works (those without an established writer) and will give it a 30 per cent cut of books sold via Google Books, both things that authors have agreed to. So what's there to moan about, fellas -- we all trust Google to do the right thing, right?

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<![CDATA[Sony brings over a million Google Books to the Reader]]> http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/sony-brings-over-a-million-google-books-to-the-reader/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget&ncid=rss_semi http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/sony-brings-over-a-million-google-books-to-the-reader/ http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/29/sony-brings-over-a-million-google-books-to-the-reader/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments Cool move by Sony to bolster the number of titles in its Reader ebook store -- it's linked up with Google to provide over a million free public domain works from Google Books, just like those fun folks at Barnes and Noble. The books are in the EPUB format and will work with the PRS-505 or the PRS-700 in the US only for now -- different countries have different copyright terms, so we'd imagine the lawyers are busy sorting it all out. Sure, none of this will do much to shake the Kindle's market- and mindshare, but at least Sony won't be deleting this stuff off your device without your permission, right?

[Thanks, Tom]

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