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Continue reading →: Google Book Search Deal – The impact, initial thoughts
Eoin Purcell So here are my initial thoughts & a poll 1) What about the rest of the world? In the short term this just reinforces the impression that Europe is way behind America in making digital trade publishing a reality. It not just that Amazon isn’t even bothering to…
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Continue reading →: Other thoughts on the Google Book Search Deal
Eoin Purcell PersonaNonDate & Booksquare seem to have it right: PND: All around on the surface this looks like an excellent compromise. Indeed, it could represent a momentous shift in the way we interact with books and book content. Congratulations to all parties for getting this agreement completed without too…
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Continue reading →: The Future of Google Book Search
Eoin Purcell Google has agreed a settlement with authors and publishers This may well be the most important news of the year. there is so much to think through but the bones of it are this: 1) out-of-print books will be available on Google Book Search for preview, reading and…
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Continue reading →: The 360th Anniversary of the Peace of Westphalia
(Libär: VIA FLICKR & CC) Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men. Hoover, Herbert Clark on Peace Quote from Quotations Book What’s this you say? The Westphalian System has been the basis for non-intervention for centuries. It has been the…
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