Google to turn digital books into paperbacks
Posted on September 20, 2009
Google Inc. is giving 2 million books in its digital library a chance to be reincarnated as paperbacks.
As part of a deal announced Thursday, Google is opening up part of its index to the maker of a high-speed publishing machine that can manufacture a paperback-bound book of about 300 pages in under five minutes. The new service is an acknowledgment by the Internet search leader that not everyone wants their books served up on a computer or an electronic reader like those made by Amazon.com Inc. and Sony Inc.
The “Espresso Book Machine” has been around for several years already, but it figures to become a hotter commodity now that it has access to so many books scanned from some of the world’s largest libraries. And On Demand Books, the Espresso’s maker, potentially could get access to even more hard-to-find books if Google wins court approval of a class-action settlement giving it the right to sell out-of-print books.
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Google bakalan makin kaya nech. Sepuluh tahun ke depan bisa jadi pemiliknya jadi the richest man on the planet !
New inovation by Google, it’s great. It’s big chance to get more income.
I saw on TV the US govt disapproved of Google’s idea to build a digital library accessible to any people for the fear of copyright violation. So I guess the idea of printing the books is a sensible solution. And I doubt if some people have enough money to pay the printing cost.
But I was wondering when the real free-of-charge online library which holds various kinds of books and sources can turn into reality…
So far, what I’ve found is project Guttenberg, a site with quite diverse e-book collections, which are downloadable without paying a single dime
Is it legal? Maybe as long as not to sell it
Dibikin jadi buku biasa? Google back to offline? Bakal banyak hutan ditebang buat bikin kertas