Debbie Elliott and New York Times Magazine ethicist Randy Cohen examine the dilemma that search engine Google poses with its Google Book Search tool. The powerful software can scan whole sections of ...

Google has launched a bunch of new features to Google Books in an effort to promote interactivity between readers and the online books. 1. Embeddable previews of books: This new feature allows you to ...

Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers Apple. Before that, Josh wrote about everything from new Web start-ups, to remote-controlled robots that watch your house. Prior to joining CNET, Josh ...

A database of published books that have been scanned by Google and made available in Google search results or from the Google Book site. Introduced in 2004 as the Google Print Library Project, it ...

Today I am going to discuss Google Books previously called Google Print and Google Book Search. Google Books was introduced in 2004 at Frankfurt Bookfair and Google’s Library Project, also now known ...

The issues surrounding Google's Book Search settlement are among the most complex surrounding the company this year: what do authors need to know about their rights and responsibilities? Google has ...

Today, federal judge Denny Chin rejected a copyright challenge Google's practices of scanning books into digital format and presenting snippets of those scans in search results because the practices ...

Google's massive book-scanning project that makes complete copies of books without an author's permission is perfectly legal under U.S. copyright law, a federal judge ruled today, deciding an ...

With Google Books -- part of the suite of electronic music, literature and shows available on Google Play -- you have the option of reading a seemingly endless number of books on your e-reader, mobile ...

After eight years of battling in court, Google has won the right to scan books and publish them online – for now. U.S. Circuit Judge Denny Chin issued a decision on Thursday in New York, saying that ...

Google offered some more details on its upcoming digital book store earlier today at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Google plans on selling downloadable electronic books called Google Editions to any device ...