Google: information overlord.

The article reports that the search engine, Google's ambition to digitize every book in print and make the content accessible through its search engine is both an opportunity and an alarming threat. Google, the world's most powerful online search engine, has made publishers and booksellers sit up an...

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Publicado en:Bookseller no. 5162; pp. 22 - 24
Autor principal: Howell, Dave
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Bookseller Media Ltd 1/21/2005
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Sumario:The article reports that the search engine, Google's ambition to digitize every book in print and make the content accessible through its search engine is both an opportunity and an alarming threat. Google, the world's most powerful online search engine, has made publishers and booksellers sit up and take notice with its bold new Google Print project. Google Print puts the content of books where one can find it most easily right in Google search results. For publishers, Google Print offers a straightforward way to get their books listed within the main Google search engine. INSET: Google Scholar..