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Bringing the power of Creative Commons to Google Books
Thursday, August 13, 2009 at 10:16 AM Posted by Xian Ke, Associate Product Manager, Google Books Today, we're launching an initiative to help authors and publishers discover new audiences for books they've made available for free under Creative Commons (CC) licenses. Rightsholders who want to distribute their CC-licensed books more widely can choose to allow readers around the world to download, u
takunama 2009/08/15
Code: Version 2 by Lawrence Lessig も公開中。"Rightsholders who want to distribute their CC-licensed books more widely can choose to allow readers around the world to download, use, and share their work via Google Books."

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Why I gave my book away for free
Monday, July 20, 2009 at 9:40 AM Guest post by Chris Anderson, Author My new book, FREE: The Future of a Radical Price, is about a counterintuitive notion: that you can make money by giving things away. Actually, it’s pretty surprising that is still controversial, given that it’s the foundation of the long-standing broadcast media model (radio and television are “free to air”, supported by adverti
takunama 2009/07/21
"ロング・テール" の Chris Anderson によるエントリ。Scribd や Shortcovers でいわれるように、地域制限がかかってるぽい。残念。"Freemium" "In this case, it seemed clear that the “premium” form of the book is the physical book, in its atoms form."

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New Features on Google Books
Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 8:30 AM Posted by Brandon Badger, Product Manager, Google Books Think about how you use a book. You want to read it, sure--but there are a host of other ways for you to interact with the words between the covers. You might want to flip through the pages to find an image. You might want to open right up to the table of contents so you can find your favorite chapter. And y
takunama 2009/06/19
"1. Embeds and links" "2. Better search within each book" "3. Thumbnail view" "4. Contents drop-down menu" " 5. Plain Text Mode" "6. Page Turn Button and Animation" "7. Improved Book Overview Page"

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