November 7th, 2011 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books, Uncategorized
Posted by Mark Tanner, eBooks Partnerships Manager, Google Australia(Cross-posted on the Official Google Australia Blog)Today, Google eBooks has landed in Australia, and whether you’re a bookworm or casual reader, you’re invited to stop by and stock up…
November 4th, 2011 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books, Uncategorized
Greg Sanders, Technical Writer, DoubleClick and display productsWe were pleased to host Pulitzer Prize-winner Jennifer Egan, author of A Visit from the Goon Squad, for an Authors@Google event in our New York office this August. I had the pleasure of mo…
November 1st, 2011 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books, Uncategorized
Posted by Kihyun Jung, Google eBooks Product ManagerIn the latest chapter of the roll-out of our eBookstore, we’re pleased to announce that Google eBooks has just launched in Canada. Readers there can now access our vast online catalogue, including hun…
October 27th, 2011 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books, Uncategorized
Posted by Cindy Chen, Product Specialist, GeoRecently, Google had the pleasure of hosting Patricia Curtan to chat about her new book, Menus for Chez Panisse, as part of the Authors@Google speaker series. Patricia is an artist, designer and printmaker w…
October 20th, 2011 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books, Uncategorized
Posted by Xinxing Gu, Google Books Associate Product Manager If you’re an avid reader like me, you probably are always eagerly awaiting the next book by your favorite author, or new books on the topic you’re interested in. However, you might not alwa…
October 18th, 2011 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Mireya Sémelas, Google eBooks StrategistMy beloved grandmother loves to talk to others about her grandchildren and how proud she is of what each one of us has become. Although, I always worried — actually, I had solid evidence — that she d…
October 12th, 2011 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Abe Murray, Google Books Product ManagerBostonian bookworms curious about ebooks and the latest talented writers are in for a treat this Saturday, October 15th at the third annual Boston Book Festival – a free one-day event celebrating book…
October 11th, 2011 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Anna Tong, Google eBooks AssociateLast Wednesday, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee stopped by Google to discuss her new memoir, Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War (Beast Books, 2011). We were fo…
October 6th, 2011 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Kihyun Jung, Google eBooks Product ManagerWe’re happy to announce that we’ve just opened a new chapter of our Google eBookstore today. Google eBooks is now available in the United Kingdom. Readers in the UK now have access to the world’s larg…
September 21st, 2011 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Guest post by James H. Keeffe, III, author of Two Gold Coins and a Prayer: The Epic Journey of a World War II Bomber Pilot and POW(Cross-posted on the Official Google Blog)Editor’s Note: From time to time, we invite guests to post about items of i…
September 8th, 2011 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Ariel Levine, Google Books AssociateLast week, Google had the pleasure of having Robert Reich come to speak about his latest book, Aftershock: The Next Economy and America’s Future, as part of the Authors@Google speaker series. Reich is curre…
August 24th, 2011 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Matt Werner, Technical Writer, EnterpriseIn honor of Jorge Luis Borges’s 112th birthday, Google has prepared a special doodle for today. Borges (1899-1986) was an Argentinian author best known today for his fantastic short stories and in…
August 22nd, 2011 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Victoria Carlson, Google eBooks InternRecently, John Dau spoke as part of the Authors@Google speaker’s series about his latest book, God Grew Tired of Us, and the similarly named award-winning documentary based on his life. He recounte…
August 16th, 2011 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Oliver Chiang, Google Books StrategistAs autumn begins to draw near, the leaves are changing color and school is in the air, much to the chagrin of students everywhere. Fret not! Google Books’ ever-growing digital archive of books can ma…
August 12th, 2011 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Oliver Chiang, Google eBooksIt was an epic geekfest that could only be matched by the likes of a Comic-Con or a Star Trek convention: Googlers flocked to hear master fantasy writer George R. R. Martin talk at our Mountain View headquarters la…
