In Search of a Publisher-Friendly Book Search
The forthcoming release of Microsoft’s Windows Live Book Search—a search program that is scheduled for release later this year—comes on the heels of the controversy surrounding the introduction of Google Book Search, Google’s foray into book search.
Google has taken a pounding since it presented its search in October 2004. Several law suits, both in the United States and abroad, have been filed against the Mountain View, Calif.-based company for copyright infringement. At issue is Google’s mission to make two or three pages of millions of copyright-protected text and the full text of books in the public domain available for viewing by its users. While Google already pulls excerpts from copyright-protected Web sites to preview their content in Web searches, book publishers have criticized and condemned the book project for obliging publishers to request their content not to be used.
- Companies:
- Microsoft/Microsoft Reader