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Thursday, March 15, 2007
- I believe that Google will have some good and bad relationships with different types of publishers. They've already had bad ones with five publishers. These five publishers sued Google Book Search because of "massive copyright infringement". Others might only have "good" relationships with Google because they might want some profit if his or her books are published.
- As far as I know, Google's competitors (Yahoo,Msn,Microsoft,etc) hasn't made any big response as to Google's Book Search. Google is known for their search engine. That's what it's main purpose is for. Google's competitors has their own different purposes. Yahoo and Msn also has search engines so to add up a book search, to me, I don't think would make a big arguement between them.
- I think that this project is a great new way to access information. You won't have to always travel to the library to gain access of books. I also think that it may be a bit quicker than reading a book in the library. This being because you could search for a phrase or a word in a book and depending on the access you can get on the book, it will show it to you. It makes it much quicker to find the information you're actually looking for instead of having to read a whole book until you can actually find that. It's more efficient.
- I don't think that they'll be threatened. I mean even though Google has made much more easier for readers, I believe that libraries will always be one of the main sources. Some people may not be good at computers so the google book search may not be right for them. And so this is where they turn to libraries. So no, I don't think that librarians will be much threatened.
- In my opinion, I do think that Google Book Search is a good,smart,and very effiecent idea. It's a great way for students to accomplish their projects or homework staying at one place. This way you'll have books just a click away.But for some reason as much as I do like the Google Book Search I think that the library would be my first source of books. If then I don't find what I need, Google Book Search will come after that.
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