News tagged with book industry

British Library, Google in deal to digitize books

A treatise on a stuffed hippopotamus, an 18th-century English primer for Danish sailors and a description of the first engine-driven submarine are among 250,000 books to be made available online in a deal ...

Technology / Internet

created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Publishers embrace vision for a green future

(AP) -- The publishing industry has been fitted for 20-20-20 vision.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Digital piracy casts shadow over ebook world

With electronic books growing in popularity, the publishing world focuses on fighting the threat of digital book pirates, much as the music industry once did with illegal downloading.

Technology / Other

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 5