Google Launches Amazon-Style Book Search Business
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Google Inc. on Wednesday quietly launched a new search technology to help publishers sell books online, a fast-growing market dominated by Internet retailer Amazon.
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Google Inc. has quietly introduced a new search technology to help publishers sell books online, a fast-growing market dominated by Internet retailer Amazon.
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FRANKFURT/LONDON  - Google Inc. on Wednesday  introduced a new search technology to help publishers sell  books online, a fast-growing market dominated by Internet  retailer Amazon.com.
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(InfoWorld) - Google and Amazon.com are planning moves in the electronic-book market which, despite much promise over the years, hasn't met the expectations of book lovers, The New York Times reported Thursday. Amazon plans to launch an e-book reading device called the Kindle in October that will tap into an Amazon e-book store and cost between $400 and $500, the Times reported. Meanwhile, Google, which has a book search engine, will give people the option of paying to obtain the full text of copyright books as part of a service due before the end of the year, according to the newspaper. Google would split the revenue from the service with book publishers. Although e-book technology has been around for years, the concept hasn't caught on as initially expected, as people continue to prefer reading books on paper, rather than on an electronic display. Common complaints about e-books over the years have included discomfort from eye fatigue, inconvenient size, short battery life, and a limited selection of titles. The Times based its report on anonymous sources. Google didn't immediately reply to a request for comment. An Amazon spokesman declined to comment. The Kindle's wireless capabilities will allow it to not only download books and periodicals from Amazon's store but also browse the Web. It has a keyboard and a scroll wheel, according to the Times. Amazon already sells e-books from its main online store as well as from its Mobipocket subsidiary. Google's book search engine displays the full text of books in the public domain, and excerpts of copyright books. For people interested in purchasing books they find, Google provides links to third-party booksellers that carry the titles, such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
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Google has launched a new Google Scholar search service, providing the ability to search for scholarly literature located from across the web.
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Amazon already has book-searching technology and last month launched A9.com, a subsidiary that adds personalization features to search results.
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Google is invading Amazon.com turf with its latest Internet service, it was reported Thursday. Google, the search-engine kingpin, is introducing a program called Google Print for book publishers who want to
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LONDON - With little fanfare Google has launched a new book search service at the Frankfurt Book Fair, which will allow surfers to find book extracts displayed alongside their normal searches.
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Net search giant Google has launched a search service that lets people look for TV programmes.
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Google is adding the text of books to its searchable database, furthering its bold mission &quot;to organize the world&#39;s information and make it universally accessible and useful.
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If you&#39;re a search geek like me, you may have been wondering when Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) was going to officially launch its search engine, A9.
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Google is trying to create an online reading room for five major libraries by scanning stacks of hard-to-find books into its Internet search engine.
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Online search leader Google Inc. (GOOG) is becoming more bookish...
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Google has launched a service for book publishers that will make book contents searchable through the web. Google Print is open to publishers of all sizes.
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Internet search engine Google has announced Google Print, a new book search service at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Google has already secured deals with major publishers, including Oxford University Press.
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In its continuing quest to index more and more information, Google on Wednesday introduced Google News Archive Search, which aims to make searchable thousands of newspapers, magazines and publications.
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Google, the world&#39;s top search engine, is all set to offer books from five famous libraries online, unlocking a fabulous treasure of information.