Comments on: Nothing's Ever Good Enough for You Uppity Harvard Folk, Is It? http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20081103/google-just-who-do-these-uppity-harvard-folk-think-they-are/ by John Paczkowski Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: terri boothe http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20081103/google-just-who-do-these-uppity-harvard-folk-think-they-are/comment-page-1/#comment-3264 terri boothe Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:47:23 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=7679#comment-3264 I know that one day Google will see the same stars I do. This book endeavor could easily be a video game endeavor. I know that one day Google will see the same stars I do. This book endeavor could easily be a video game endeavor.

]]> By: Mac Beach http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20081103/google-just-who-do-these-uppity-harvard-folk-think-they-are/comment-page-1/#comment-3257 Mac Beach Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:59:04 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=7679#comment-3257 I know this is heresy, but most of the good stuff that has ever been written is out of copyright and out of print. Google kindly points users who wish to buy ANY book to Amazon even for books that haven't been in print since the 1800s. Eventually someone, Amazon or otherwise, will make money on this by offering to covert those PDF files to bound hardcopies for anyone that wants one. Our short attention span for "bestsellers" will eventually kill the marketplace for book in print other than in an on-demand basis. As Martha Stuart would say: It's a good thing. I know this is heresy, but most of the good stuff that has ever been written is out of copyright and out of print.

Google kindly points users who wish to buy ANY book to Amazon even for books that haven’t been in print since the 1800s. Eventually someone, Amazon or otherwise, will make money on this by offering to covert those PDF files to bound hardcopies for anyone that wants one.

Our short attention span for “bestsellers” will eventually kill the marketplace for book in print other than in an on-demand basis.

As Martha Stuart would say: It’s a good thing.

]]> By: David desJardins http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20081103/google-just-who-do-these-uppity-harvard-folk-think-they-are/comment-page-1/#comment-3255 David desJardins Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:34:26 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=7679#comment-3255 I don't think Harvard ever "eagerly signed on" to Google's book scanning project. Their announced cooperation was always very limited, including only items clearly in the public domain. They aren't retracting any of their cooperation; they are only not expanding their cooperation. It's not clear that it really matters at all, as Google has plenty of access through other partners to recent works. The unique holdings at Harvard would mostly be older works anyway. I don’t think Harvard ever “eagerly signed on” to Google’s book scanning project. Their announced cooperation was always very limited, including only items clearly in the public domain. They aren’t retracting any of their cooperation; they are only not expanding their cooperation. It’s not clear that it really matters at all, as Google has plenty of access through other partners to recent works. The unique holdings at Harvard would mostly be older works anyway.

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