The Internet Archive has filed its final reply brief in Hachette v. Internet Archive, the closely watched copyright case involving the scanning and digital lending of library books. And with the ...

In a highly anticipated appeal brief, lawyers for the Internet Archive argue that district court judge John G. Koeltl misunderstood the facts and misapplied the law in finding the IA’s scanning and ...

In its testimony to Congress regarding its book digitization program, Google said it anticipates that devices such as Amazon's Kindle will "revolutionize the way some people read books where users buy ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich -- In a dimly lit back room on the second level of the University of Michigan library's book-shelving department, Courtney Mitchel helped a giant desktop machine digest a rare, ...

Google is cagey about exactly how it scans books for its digital library effort, but a patent reveals details--and the hurdles competitors face. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

It still boggles the mind that the Authors Guild opposed this for so long. Google was returning free advertising for books helping to increase sales. Combined with e-books allowing old out of print ...

Could the publishing industry get Napsterized? That was my first thought when I saw the marketing materials for the Atiz BookSnap, the first consumer device that enables you to "release the content" ...

Google is to start scanning and copying the world's books again after announcing on Tuesday that its self-imposed suspension is over. The company says it will resume scanning books but will focus on ...

I have to admit that while this looks interesting, and I do love ebooks (I love my physical books as well), the very thought of converting my library makes me cringe. All said (novels, reference, ...

In the race to digitize the entire literary canon, Microsoft has announced a deal with high-speed scanning company Kirtas Technologies to scan works for Microsoft's Live Book Search Web-based ...