For as long as Google has been digitizing books they’ve been working on something called the Ngram Viewer. This is a custom search engine which searches inside all those many...Continue reading
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Google Releases New Magazine Reader App for Chrome
Google’s long term plans to become a content store took another stp forward today with the launch of a new magazine reading app for Chrome. This web browser and/or OS...Continue reading
Author’s eBook Giveaway Runs Afoul of Google Copyright Bots
Apparently Google has a problem with its ads being posted on sites that “distribute copyrighted materials.” (Never mind that this should mean they shouldn’t have ads on any sites, given...Continue reading
How Technology Has Changed Stories In My Life
In the first of a series of monthly essays on The Literary Platform, Professor David Trotter ponders the question of what technology can do for stories. A lot of people...Continue reading
Further Developments in Agency Pricing, Google Books Lawsuits
PaidContent has updates on a couple of e-book-related lawsuit stories today. First, Judge Denise Cote has approved the $69 million everyone-but-Minnesota lawsuit settlement with Hachette, HarperCollins, and Simon & Schuster....Continue reading
Author Invites World to Watch Her Write Her New Novel via Google Docs
I learned about an interesting project on The Guardian the other day. Fantasy author Silvia Hartmann is writing her latest novel in Google Docs, the on-line collaborative word processor—and inviting...Continue reading
Academics, Librarians, and the EFF Get Permission to File Briefs in Google Books Case
More interesting news to come out of the Google Books case. Publishers Weekly and paidContent report that Judge Denny Chin has granted permission for several academic and librarian groups and...Continue reading
Google Buys Travel Guide Publisher & Wants You to Go Away
John Wiliey & Sons is soon going to be the former owner of Frommer’s, a publisher of travel guide books, ebooks, and apps. Google is buying the company for an...Continue reading
Authors Guild Wants $750 Per Book Google Scanned
Last week, the Authors Guild requested that a judge order Google to pay $750 per book in penalties for illegal copying of the works it had scanned for its Google...Continue reading
Google, Amazon, Apple Security Flaws Could Mean Vulnerability for All Their Users – Including E-Book Buyers
This last week, Gizmodo reporter Mat Honan was hacked, and had all the data from his iPhone, iPad, and laptop computer erased—including irreplaceable baby photos of his daughter. While the...Continue reading
Is Anyone Having Trouble Accessing Gmail?
For the past day or so I’ve been unable to access the Gmail main website even though I can still access it via email apps (or the mobile site) on...Continue reading
Latest Version of Google Play Now Available – Should Work on Your Budget Tablet
For the longest time now I’ve been sharing an easy way to add Android Market to budget tablets, but in all that time I’ve never been able to help users...Continue reading
Google eBookstore Now Live in Spain
Less than 24 hours after launching in Germany, Google has opened a second ebookstore – this one in Spain. There hasn’t been an official announcement yet (keep an eye on...Continue reading
Google eBookstore Launches in Germany
Google continues to expand their ebookstore today with a low-key launch in Germany. There isn’t much in the way of details yet in the English language press, but German readers...Continue reading
Google eBookstore Now Open in Italy
There’s been no English language announcement from Google (Italian), but it looks like they opened another branch of the Google eBookstore today. The Italian ebook blog eBookGratis is reporting that...Continue reading