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…
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…
Posted by Abe Murray, Product Manager, Google BooksSay you’ve found a hidden gem on auto mechanics for your greasemonkey friends or want to hop down memory lane with Peter Rabbit and your family. Good news for monkeys and rabbits alike: you can now s…
Posted by Victoria Carlson, Google eBooksGrowing up as the child of an Air Force colonel with a passion for military history, I have traveled to almost every battlefield in the United States. Thus, there is a special place in my heart for Revolutionary…
Posted by Larissa Fontaine, New Business Development, Google Books (Cross-posted on the Google Commerce blog)When JK Rowling’s new website Pottermore opens its doors this Fall, we’ll provide services to help fans make the most of their ebook purch…
Posted by Oliver Chiang, Google eBooksGeorge R. R. Martin, credit Karolina WebbGeorge R. R. Martin, the acclaimed author of the Game of Thrones novels — also a recent hit HBO series — is coming to Google for a live-streamed interview where he’ll be t…
Posted by Pratip Banerji, Product Manager, Google Books(Cross-posted from the Official Google Blog and the Google Commerce blog)Starting this coming Sunday, July 17, the iriver Story HD e-reader will be available for sale in Target stores nationwide an…
Posted by Ariel Levine, Google eBooks Support TeamPioneering journalist Belva Davis recently visited Google as part of the Authors@Google program to talk about her memoir, Never in My Wildest Dreams: A Black Woman’s Life in Journalism. Davis…
Posted by Pratip Banerji, Product Manager, Google Books team Retailers, bloggers, book publishers and other website owners in the U.S. can now become Google eBooks affiliates. Affiliates can link to Google eBooks on their sites for any of the hundreds…
Posted by Agustina Dates, Google Books Online Support TeamOne of the things I love most about books is how they can transport you to places all over the planet (and even in other worlds). Cities not only exist in the real world — they exist in litera…
Posted by Ariel Levine, Google eBooks Last month I went to visit a friend in Seattle. Wanting to make the most of it, I did three things to prepare: (1) I asked my friends for advice on where to go, (2) read up on Seattle’s demographics, major economic…
Posted by Diego Puppin and Derek Lei, Google Books Software EngineersAs the young (and young at heart) know, books aren’t simply meant to be read – sometimes they’re meant to be marked up, colored in and scribbled all over. Up until now, however, you c…
Posted by Pete Mulvihill, co-owner of Green Apple BooksRichard Savoy founded Green Apple Books in 1967 when he was 25 years old. In 1999, he handed the reigns over to three new owners: Kevin Hunsanger, Kevin Ryan and myself. Today our store in the Inne…
Posted by Oliver Chiang, Google eBooks Support TeamVeteran technology journalist Steven Levy, a senior writer at Wired, visited Google recently as part of the Authors@Google program to talk about In the Plex, his latest book detailing the inner working…
Posted by Archi Sarkar, Google Books and Online News AssociateEnglish novelist Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) posing for E. O. Hoppe(LIFE Magazine)Poet, novelist, short story writer and dramatist, Thomas Hardy was a nineteenth-century literary genius, whose …