Microsoft Gives Up on Book Search

Microsoft said today it plans to phase out its book scanning effort, an initiative launched less than three years ago. "Today we informed our partners that we are ending the Live Search Books and Live Search Academic projects and that both sites will be taken down next week," wrote Satya Nadella, a senior vice president […] Microsoft said today it plans to phase out its book scanning effort, an in

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Betsy Schiffman summarizes, "Microsoft said today it plans to phase out its book scanning effort, an initiative launched less than three years ago."

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Betsy Schiffman cites Satya Nadella: "[W]e believe the next generation of search is about the development of an underlying, sustainable business model for the search engine, consumer, and content partner. For example(...)our strategy to focus on verticals with high commercial intent(...)"