Comments on: Google Book Search http://www.sandrakmoore.com/blog/2006/03/google-book-search/ Writing in all its forms Sun, 9 Mar 2008 23:21:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Sandra http://www.sandrakmoore.com/blog/2006/03/google-book-search/#comment-315 Fri, 31 Mar 2006 04:31:48 +0000 http://www.sandrakmoore.com/blog/2006/03/google-book-search/#comment-315 Hi Danielle! I suspect you're right -- the full text is probably an issue for publishers. But the arguments I've seen put forth by <strong>writers groups</strong> are almost exclusively about being afraid that books still under copyright will be made available "for free" by Google (and Yahoo! and MSN). This issue has several threads to it: Why are publishing houses the ones to give Google the okay to display a full page of a book whose copyright holder is <strong>me</strong>? How is Google's Book Search different from a library (except that Google isn't loaning out books -- yet)? It seems like we're on the verge of a major publishing shift that started when e-publishers began becoming economically viable. This is going to be The War Over Music Downloads, Part Deux, I think, and I hope the publishing world shows more creativity and brains than the music business.... Hi Danielle! I suspect you’re right — the full text is probably an issue for publishers.

But the arguments I’ve seen put forth by writers groups are almost exclusively about being afraid that books still under copyright will be made available “for free” by Google (and Yahoo! and MSN).

This issue has several threads to it: Why are publishing houses the ones to give Google the okay to display a full page of a book whose copyright holder is me? How is Google’s Book Search different from a library (except that Google isn’t loaning out books — yet)?

It seems like we’re on the verge of a major publishing shift that started when e-publishers began becoming economically viable. This is going to be The War Over Music Downloads, Part Deux, I think, and I hope the publishing world shows more creativity and brains than the music business….

]]> by: Danielle http://www.sandrakmoore.com/blog/2006/03/google-book-search/#comment-314 Fri, 31 Mar 2006 02:20:02 +0000 http://www.sandrakmoore.com/blog/2006/03/google-book-search/#comment-314 I suspect the publishers' real issue is that they don't want Google to have electronic full text of books in their database, full stop. (p.s. hi Sandra! Long time reader, first time commenter.) I suspect the publishers’ real issue is that they don’t want Google to have electronic full text of books in their database, full stop.

(p.s. hi Sandra! Long time reader, first time commenter.)

]]> by: Sandra http://www.sandrakmoore.com/blog/2006/03/google-book-search/#comment-312 Thu, 30 Mar 2006 16:39:17 +0000 http://www.sandrakmoore.com/blog/2006/03/google-book-search/#comment-312 Rosa, thanks for stopping by! I feel a little bit like a voice in the wilderness on the Google issue, but have written my Region Reps and am submitting a Letter to the Editor of RWR outlining what I found. It seems like the first order of business is to educate folks on what the book search tool is, and <strong>then</strong> start asking hard questions like, "Why do publishing houses get to decide how much of a page is shown, when the author holds the copyright?" A subject for another day, I suppose. Rosa, thanks for stopping by! I feel a little bit like a voice in the wilderness on the Google issue, but have written my Region Reps and am submitting a Letter to the Editor of RWR outlining what I found.

It seems like the first order of business is to educate folks on what the book search tool is, and then start asking hard questions like, “Why do publishing houses get to decide how much of a page is shown, when the author holds the copyright?”

A subject for another day, I suppose.

]]> by: Rosa Partee http://www.sandrakmoore.com/blog/2006/03/google-book-search/#comment-311 Thu, 30 Mar 2006 15:54:43 +0000 http://www.sandrakmoore.com/blog/2006/03/google-book-search/#comment-311 Thank you, thank you. Finally someone who took the time to see what is going on, and not jump in with your behind in front to assess a situation. Google is a tool that can guide you to where you want or do not want to go. I'm a new fan by the way. Thanks for the Reading. Rosa Partee Thank you, thank you. Finally someone who took the time to see what is going on, and not jump in with your behind in front to assess a situation. Google is a tool that can guide you to where you want or do not want to go. I’m a new fan by the way. Thanks for the Reading. Rosa Partee

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