[Web4lib] Germany and full text book searching

[ahaigh]

Did anyone announce how to make this a Digest?

--Adam Haigh
U. Pgh.

Karen Coyle wrote:

> I think it's a smart move on the part of the publishers to do this 
> themselves, thus heading off an effort like Google that is done without 
> publisher input. It will be interesting to see if it has "user friendly" 
> features that equal those of Google. This reminds me of the argument 
> that if the music publishers had been more future-thinking they might 
> have averted the p2p movement by satisfying customer needs for online 
> content. We never know if that's really true, but this German case may 
> give us some idea.
> 
> kc
> 
> Sloan, Bernie wrote:
> 
>> Looks like the German book industry is setting up its own version of
>> Google Print and Amazon's "search within a book" feature: "Volltextsuche
>> online"
>>
>> http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/59940
>> Bernie Sloan
>> Senior Library Information Systems Consultant, ILCSO
>> University of Illinois Office for Planning and Budgeting
>> 616 E. Green Street, Suite 213
>> Champaign, IL  61820
>>
>> Phone: (217) 333-4895
>> Fax:   (217) 265-0454
>> E-mail: bernies at uillinois.edu
>>
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