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The Battle for the Books Inside Google's Gambit to Create the World's Biggest Library

Jeff John Roberts

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Description:At the dawn of the ebook era, librarians predicted it would take 1000 years to scan the world’s books. Then, one company set about to do it in five.Even by the search giant's standards, it was a bold move. As Google beat a path to the door of the world’s libraries and proceeded to scan everything from War and Peace to Watership Down, the company's quest to build the largest library triggered a power struggle of massive proportions, as everyone from Amazon to the Justice Department and writers across the world rushed to halt the project.In this compelling book, Jeff John Roberts gives the first detailed account of Google’s grand plan to build a modern day Library of Alexandria and its subsequent undoing, and shows how Google’s gambit changed the way we view knowledge in the digital era.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Battle for the Books Inside Google's Gambit to Create the World's Biggest Library. To get started finding The Battle for the Books Inside Google's Gambit to Create the World's Biggest Library, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: 48

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: GigaOM Books

Release: 2012

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Description: At the dawn of the ebook era, librarians predicted it would take 1000 years to scan the world’s books. Then, one company set about to do it in five.Even by the search giant's standards, it was a bold move. As Google beat a path to the door of the world’s libraries and proceeded to scan everything from War and Peace to Watership Down, the company's quest to build the largest library triggered a power struggle of massive proportions, as everyone from Amazon to the Justice Department and writers across the world rushed to halt the project.In this compelling book, Jeff John Roberts gives the first detailed account of Google’s grand plan to build a modern day Library of Alexandria and its subsequent undoing, and shows how Google’s gambit changed the way we view knowledge in the digital era.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Battle for the Books Inside Google's Gambit to Create the World's Biggest Library. To get started finding The Battle for the Books Inside Google's Gambit to Create the World's Biggest Library, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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