OCLC study on characteristics of books in the public domain Elgan: 7 reasons why e-book readers make lousy gifts this year Will textbooks be the biggest e-reader market in five years? Revised Google Book Search Settlement from a Library Perspective | Disruptive Library Technology Jester HathiTrust offers full-text search of millions of digitized books and [...]

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Posting on behalf of Peter Murray, OhioLINK, full post at:  http://dltj.org/article/gbs-summary/ Today was to be the deadline for objecting to, opting out of, and/or filing briefs with the court on the Google Book Search Settlement. That was the plan, at least, when the preliminary approval statement from the court was issued last year. That deadline [...]

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