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Google Books Poses New Search Opportunity

Small Business Mavericks

Google has just won a landmark legal battle involving its fair use/copyright dispute with The Authors Guild. A judge agreed with their argument that scanning pages of published books constitutes fair use. That could lead to additional books sold for authors. Sound like a trick? Don’t bet on it.

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Information Literacy and Big6

Buzz Marketing for Technology

The World is Flat - Book Summary. Google Blackjack and Boolean Quiz. The Google Game. use with worksheet p. Using Subject Directories. Research your project topic using these subject directories: Librarian’s Internet Index. Google Directory. David Warlick. Additional Optional Readings.

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Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #178

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Google Finally Gets Legal OK to Scan the World''s Books - MIT Technology Review. "It''s interesting to see that a project Google has been working on since 2002 suddenly has the legal green light to move forward. It also resurrects the much-heated debate about what, exactly, is fair use when it comes to books and literature.

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Paywall for News.com and Online Community Social Media

Laurel Papworth

There’ll be flexibility on how much locked content there will be based, in part, on how subs are going at the time and how much advertising is booked. However, the first five items of content accessed via Google will be free each day, while (probably) just the first item via Facebook will be. Google or Paywall?