June 8th, 2011 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
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…
June 7th, 2011 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
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…
June 2nd, 2011 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
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 …
May 31st, 2011 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Cheryl Pon, Google eBooks Support TeamPlease note that some content may not be available in full view to users outside of the United States.T.S. Eliot once remarked that he “measured out [his] life with coffee spoons.” Wise man. I measure out…
May 26th, 2011 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Francesca di Felice, Google Books DublinHave you ever heard of Lady Speranza? She was a mysterious pro-Irish Independence writer for the magazine The Nation during the middle of the 19th century in Dublin. That’s the pen name of Jane Francesc…
May 24th, 2011 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Oliver Chiang, Google eBooks Support TeamMeet Bob Ferry and his nice ‘ride': a 1906 Oldsmobile Model B Runabout. You might be thinking, “Wow, for a model that’s nearly a century old, this car looks brand new.” That’s because it is brand new…
May 23rd, 2011 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Abe Murray, product managerIt’s been about six months since we launched Google eBooks. Now, we’re happy to report there are more than three million free Google eBooks available in the U.S. for your enjoyment and enlightenment (as compared…
May 19th, 2011 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Derek Lei, Software Engineer, Google BooksWhen bookworms stumble across a word we don’t know, we face the classic dilemma of whether to put the book down to look up the word or forge ahead in ignorance to avoid interrupting the reading experi…
May 18th, 2011 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Dan Hirsch, Google Books Support TeamPlease note that some content may not be available in full view to users outside of the United States.As millions of commuters clip in and pedal off for Bike to Work Week, we, on the Google Books Team crui…
May 17th, 2011 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Dan Bloomberg and Kurt Groetsch, Google Books teamGoogle has formed partnerships with many of the great libraries of Europe, including the Czech National Library, the National Library of the Netherlands, the Austrian National Library, the Nat…
May 10th, 2011 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Kevin Landry, Google Books API TeamToday, we are releasing a new Google Books API in Code Labs. The new Books API will help you write applications to query for the more than 15 million books that are searchable on books.google.com including b…
May 9th, 2011 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
From time to time we invite guests to post about topics of interest and we’re pleased to have Don Muller join us from Old Harbor Books. Don is a co-founder of Old Harbor Books, an independent bookstore where he has worked for 35 years in Sitka, Alas…
May 3rd, 2011 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Oliver Chiang, Google eBooks Support TeamTlhlngan Hol Dajatlh’a’? Or as the French would say, Parlez-vous Klingon? Google Books empowers you to learn new languages — even fictional ones, like the Klingon alien language from Star Trek, or…
February 4th, 2011 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Kim Armstrong, Deputy Director, Center for Library Initiatives, Committee on Institutional CooperationToday we’re celebrating an important milestone: Google has digitized one million books from member libraries of the Committee on Institution…
January 3rd, 2011 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Cheryl Pon, Strategist, Google eBooksOne of the best things about winding down the holidays is looking forward to ushering in a new year with a fresh outlook. Whether you’re planning to spend more time with family and friends, improve your …