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| May 08, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 Incisive Media, published with the permission of Incisive Media. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Mark Chillingworth

Publishers in race to match Google

Mark Chillingworth

Major publishers are racing ahead with their alternative offerings to Google Book Search.

Harper Collins has announced a developer deal with Newsstand, an online newspaper and magazine distributor, while Macmillan has a prototype of its BookStore platform up and running.

Jayne Marks, MD of Macmillan division MPS Technologies, which is developing BookStore in India, said general reference and academic book publishers are showing the most interest in the platform, and that works are already being ...

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