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COPYRIGHT 2006 Information Today, Inc.
GOOGLE'S desire to extend its reach into library book stacks and publisher backlists has generated a firestorm of opinion and debate, some based on misperceptions, some on facts, and some on general angst. ONLINE's discussion of what is now known as Google Book Search [http://books.google.com] begins with an overview of its basic attributes, then moves on to three opinion pieces, representing the views of an author, a lawyer/librarian/commentator, and a librarian.
Google Book Search is the new name for Google Print, first introduced in December 2003. The content for Google Book Search comes from two sources: publishers and libraries. The publisher portion, which was the original impetus for Google Print, is a partnership program; publishers, as copyright owners, give Google permission to scan their books. Searchers can view as many pages of the books as individual publishers contractually allow. Google promotes this to publishers as a book marketing program. Authors holding their own copyright are also eligible to participate in the publisher program, as long as their books have ISBNs....
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