July 19th, 2006 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Arielle Reinstein, Associate Product Marketing ManagerWe’re always excited to hear about creative new ways authors and publishers are connecting with readers. NPR ran a story yesterday about how publishers like HarperCollins and Mira Books …
July 17th, 2006 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Arielle Reinstein, Associate Product Marketing ManagerSince this blog began, we’ve been using an atom feed as the main way for people to subscribe to Inside Google Book Search. A few of you (like Eoin Purcell) have mentioned that you’re readi…
July 13th, 2006 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Ben Bunnell, Library Partnership TeamOne of the best parts of being on the Google Book Search team is hearing from people who have discovered books that create unexpected personal connections. One of these stories was emailed to us by a man n…
July 11th, 2006 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Roland Lange, Strategic Partner Development Manager, Book Search’Charlotte is the best storyteller I ever heard,’ said Fern, poking her dish towel into her cereal bowl.’Fern,’ said her mother sternly, ‘you must not invent things. You know spi…
July 5th, 2006 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Ryan Sands, Book Search Support TeamOne of the topics we regularly receive questions about is the different ways we display books. For example, João from Portugal asks: I thought that we could read the whole content of books on Google, but …
June 29th, 2006 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Arielle Reinstein, Associate Product Marketing ManagerAs I wrote in our debut post, this blog is about discovery. For a reader, that discovery might be a great book. For a publisher, it might be new audiences for previously obscure backlist t…
June 28th, 2006 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Jen Grant, Product Marketing Manager, Google Book SearchWe’re delighted to report that WBG, a German publisher, today decided to drop its petition for preliminary injunction against the Google Books Library Project. WBG (whose legal action wa…
June 21st, 2006 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Pam Saenger, Associate Product Marketing Manager, Library OutreachThousands of librarians will soon converge in New Orleans for the 2006 American Library Association Annual Conference. We’ll be there (booth #2440), and we’re excited to talk w…
June 20th, 2006 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Arielle Reinstein, Associate Product Marketing ManagerMy favorite thing about kindergarten was the books. Unlike preschool — where people read to you — in kindergarten you got to pick out your own books and read them by yourself. That was b…
June 13th, 2006 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
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…
June 12th, 2006 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
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…
June 9th, 2006 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
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….
May 30th, 2006 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
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…
May 26th, 2006 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
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…
May 22nd, 2006 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
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…