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Are the tech giants too big to be good partners for book publishing?

August 21, 2017 by Mike Shatzkin 28 Comments

An online discussion forum that includes publishers and librarians and tech people usually sends me several emails a day. About 10 days ago, a conversation evolved about Google Book Search and the Google Library Project, two initiatives by the search giant that were initiated in the early part of the last decade. Because both programs […]

Filed Under: General Trade Publishing, libraries, Licensing and Rights, New Models, Scale, Technology Tagged With: AAP, Amazon, Apple, Baker & Taylor, Book Rights Registry, David Young, Facebook, Firebrand, Google Book Search, Google LIbrary Project, Hachette Book Group USA, HathiTrust, Ingram, Microsoft, Penguin Random House

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