[Web4lib] RE: Google Allows Downloads of out-of-copyright Books

[Riley, Jenn]

I'm wondering about the specific book Leslie linked to below (Flatland).
On p. 2 of the downloaded PDF, it says "Scanned by Imagenes Digitales,
Nogales, AZ. On behalf of Preservation Division, The University of
Michigan Libraries." This whole page looks like something Michigan would
include in their own digitization. Is this a Google scan or a Michigan
scan? Does anyone know what's up?

Jenn


> Message: 23
> Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:02:11 -0400
> From: Leslie Johnston <johnston at virginia.edu>
> Subject: [Web4lib] Google Allows Downloads of out-of-copyright Books
> To: web4lib at webjunction.org
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> 
> All,
> 
> >Google is adding a feature to its Google Book Search service today 
> >to allow PDF downloads of out-of-copyright books.
> 
> http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-o
f-out-of-copyright-books/
> 
> It's definitely not consistently available yet, but here's an example:
> 
> http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC18938030&id=HKackp-vG-YC
&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&dq=abbott+flatland
> 
> Sometimes it's full view only, sometimes it's download only, and 
> sometimes there are both options.  The service is launching today, so 
> I don't know if this is a bug or a feature ...
> 
> Leslie
> 
> ------------
> Leslie Johnston
> Head, Digital Access Services
> University of Virginia Library
> http://lib.virginia.edu/digital/
> http://lib.virginia.edu/digital/das/
> johnston at virginia.edu 
>