Posted by Arielle Reinstein, Associate Product Marketing ManagerExcuse me while my head explodes, in the good way. That’s a quote from a blog called Such Shakespeare Stuff. The experience that provoked the explosion: discovering that Shakespeare’s Sonn…
Posted by Arielle Reinstein, Associate Product Marketing ManagerThose are just a few of the fascinating people we had the privilege of meeting — and filming — at this year’s BookExpo America (BEA). Our camera crew spent three days capturing everythi…
Posted by Roland Lange, Strategic Partner Development Manager, Book SearchIf I made a short list of the greatest children’s books, two of those titles would have to be Maurice Sendak’s marvelous Where the Wild Things Are and In the Night Kitchen….
Posted by Pam Saenger, Associate Product Marketing Manager, Library OutreachWhen we announced the launch of Google Book Search (then called Google Print), we were bowled over by how many people wrote to tell us how excited they were about Google workin…
Posted by Jen Grant, Product Marketing ManagerIf you’ve ever wandered into a tiny bookshop in a quiet town, you’ve probably stumbled across a book published by Arcadia – a publisher that specializes in bringing to life the unique history of America’s…
Posted by Arielle Reinstein, Associate Product Marketing ManagerFor a book lover, walking through the exhibition hall at BookExpo America (BEA) is like being a kid in a candy store. It’s packed to the rafters with thousands of books in every conceivabl…
Posted by Arielle Reinstein, Associate Product Marketing ManagerWow. BookExpo America has grown quite a bit since Mark Twain spoke at the first convention in 1902. Expanding from an audience of 60 to a crowd this year of 25,000, BEA is an explosion of …
Posted by Ryan Sands, Book Search Support TeamAs a regular feature on this blog, we’ll be addressing questions from our users, including questions about how to get the most out of Book Search.This week, Pavan asks: If I want to see only full-view books…
Posted by Jen Grant, Product Marketing ManagerTim O’Reilly, the founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media, reported yesterday that his company has conducted a study indicating that by giving people greater access to O’Reilly books online (through Safari and Go…
Posted by Pam Saenger, Associate Product Marketing Manager, Library OutreachLibrarians are our heroes. That’s why we get excited when we hear stories from librarians who’ve used Google Book Search to find information they couldn’t locate using other se…
Posted by Arielle Reinstein, Associate Product Marketing Manager Back in October, Eric Schmidt wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal about our vision for Book Search (previously known as Google Print). We posted the piece on the Google Blog shortl…
Posted by Alexander Macgillivray, Senior Product CounselThe Greeks practiced it as tending to give grace and elasticity to the figure, and they erected a statue to Aristonicus for his proficiency in it.Before there was Fenway Park, the Bambino, the Cur…
Posted by Arielle Reinstein, Associate Product Marketing ManagerLast year a computer programmer named Luca Mori stumbled upon ancient ruins in the town of Sorbolo, Italy. These ruins lay buried for centuries until a Google Earth satellite photo reveale…