News tagged with books library
Google wants authors group out of NY library case
(AP) -- Google Inc. urged a judge Thursday to toss The Authors Guild and an organization representing photographers out of 6-year-old litigation over the future of the world's largest digital library, a move that would force ...
May 03, 2012 |
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Student researchers help discover world's smallest frog
When two Cornell undergraduates and a recent graduate went on a field research trip to Papua New Guinea in 2008, little did they know it would lead to entries in the Guinness Book of World Records and a groundbreaking ...
Mar 30, 2012 |
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Libraries protest Random House price hike
(AP) -- The American Library Association is urging Random House Inc. to reconsider its steep increases in the price of e-books for library wholesalers
Mar 03, 2012 |
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Harry Potter e-books coming to schools, libraries
(AP) -- Harry Potter e-books are coming to schools and libraries, at a date to be determined.
Feb 27, 2012 |
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Penguin reverses course for now on Kindle lending
One of the country's largest publishers, Penguin Group (USA), is temporarily restoring libraries' ability to loan their e-books for Amazon.com's Kindle - but only through the end of the year.
Nov 23, 2011 |
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US libraries lend digital books to Kindle readers
Thousands of US libraries on Wednesday began lending digital books over the Internet for reading on Amazon's popular Kindle devices.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 21, 2011 |
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Harry Potter website adds Google magic
Author J.K. Rowling's website devoted to fictional wizard Harry Potter will feature a bit of Google magic when it debuts later this year in the United States, according to the Internet titan.
Jul 21, 2011 |
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NY judge hearing Google book case grows impatient
A judge warned lawyers for authors and publishers and Google Tuesday that he will decide whether snippets of books can be sold online without the permission of copyright holders if the sides do not settle their 6-year-old ...
Jul 19, 2011 |
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Google eBooks reader to debut in US
The first electronic book reader designed to tap into Google's vast online library will debut in the United States on Sunday.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 11, 2011 |
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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 ...
Jun 20, 2011 |
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Google given more time to reach book settlement
A US judge on Wednesday allowed Google and US authors and publishers more time to seek a new settlement over the Internet giant's plan to create a massive online library and bookstore.
Jun 01, 2011 |
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US judge rejects deal for Google digital book plan
A US judge dealt a major setback on Tuesday to Google's plans for a vast digital library and online bookstore, rejecting a settlement hammered out by the Internet giant with authors and publishers.
Mar 22, 2011 |
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Review: Library e-books easier, but still hassle
(AP) -- Libraries have been lending e-books for longer than there's been a Kindle, but until recently only a few devices worked with them. That's changed in the past few months with the arrival of software for reading library ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 19, 2011 |
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Treasure trove of medieval manuscripts published
The largest surviving family-owned library of medieval manuscripts in Britain can now be enjoyed by everyone thanks to the publication of a new book telling its fascinating story.
Dec 16, 2010 |
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EU OK with Google-Dutch Library deal
(AP) -- The European Commission said Thursday it does not object to Google digitizing 160,000 books in the archives of the National Library of the Netherlands if they will be made publicly available.
Jul 15, 2010 |
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