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Editor's view - Exploring Amazon's toolbar.(Brief Article)(Editorial)
Something strange happened this month - the tectonic plates on my browser shifted. My over-used Google button has been usurped by the feature-rich A9.com toolbar.
In a dramatic move, Amazon's search service has signed up third party content suppliers (the British Library, New York Times and PubMed among them) to offer federated searches with greater depth.
As our Resources review on page 29 suggests, it is the personalisation features that put the A9.com search interface well ahead.
Things appear to be shaping up to be a showdown between Amazon and Google online - as a heady brew of book digitisation, book sales and web search continue to evolve into a head-on clash over who will dominate the future of information access.
If you have any doubts that Amazon/A9.com has reason to register on your radar, look no further than last week's takeover of BookSurge by Amazon. This is technology that allows inventory-free bookselling without boundaries. Another brave new world to explore.
...- AMAZON.CO.UK: Amazon.co.uk sponsors British Library Online Catalogue.
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire February 4, 1999 700+ words
...M2 PRESSWIRE-4 February 1999-AMAZON.CO.UK: Amazon.co.uk sponsors British Library Online Catalogue (C)1994-99...Brian Lang, Chief Executive of The British Library, commented: "Amazon.co.uk's sponsorship support...
- British library to sell titles through Amazon.co.uk.(Brief Article)
- Newspaper article from: M2 Best Books November 24, 2003 700+ words
...M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The British library has joined forces with e-tailer Amazon.co.uk to sell over 2...titles from its collection. Amazon will sell rare and antique...to the public through its Amazon.co.uk site. Some of the...
- BL builds direct link to document supply side. British Library Direct is a new...
- Magazine article from: Information World Review Chillingworth, Mark June 14, 2005 700+ words
...Following the full launch of British Library Direct during this month, the British Library (BL) will throw itself...be as good as Ebay and Amazon to be successful." Initially...direct.bl.uk/ With British Library Direct, the UK's national...
- If you hear a pig grunting on the bus it's probably the phone; British Library...
- Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) July 8, 2003 700+ words
...species. Phone owners who prefer the exotic canchoose the Amazon parrot's call, the sound of a desert cobra attacking...batch of 40 animal noises is just the tip of the iceberg. The British Library in London has about 100,000 recordings in its archives of...
- British Library goes Web 2.0; Video, interactivity and feedback bring the...
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire August 2, 2007 700+ words
M2 PRESSWIRE-2 August 2007-THE BRITISH LIBRARY: British Library goes Web 2.0; Video, interactivity and feedback bring the British Library's Annual Report 2006-07 to life(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:02082007 The UK...
- Free Internet access from the British Library.
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire August 24, 1999 700+ words
M2 PRESSWIRE-24 August 1999-BRITISH LIBRARY: Free Internet access from the British Library (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD...Monday 13 September On 13 September the British Library launches "British Library Net", its...
- Encryption technology heralds new era in electronic document delivery; The...
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire December 2, 2002 700+ words
...PRESSWIRE-2 December 2002-BRITISH LIBRARY: Encryption technology...document delivery; The British Library, Adobe and Elsevier Science...Groundbreaking work by the British Library and Adobe, unveiled today...
- Dataware Technologies' Software Helps British Library Launch Innovative...
- Press release article from: Business Wire February 20, 1997 700+ words
...DWTI), announced today that the British Library is launching a new electronic document...electronic orders for any document from the British Library's massive catalog of more than 10...conference proceedings and magazines. The British Library is the latest to join a prestigious...
