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Google Books’ Great Leap Forward

The New York Times has a good piece on the settlement between Google and book publishers which will allow Google to provide full access to a far higher percentage of the vast quantity of books it’s been scanning for its Google Book Search project. I can’t wait–even though plans are for full-blown access to full [...]

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Nintendo Gets Into Media Convergence With…Books?

When it comes creating machines that do more than play games, Nintendo never shared the eagerness of its competitors. Thinking back, I can’t recall any of their consoles or handheld devices offering other entertainment media besides games. That’s why the deal between Nintendo and book publisher HarperCollins, to release the 100 Classic Book Collection for the [...]

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