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The revolution will be downloadable
“Starting today, you can go to Google Book Search
and download full copies of out-of-copyright books to read at your own
pace. You’re free to choose from a diverse collection of public domain
titles — from well-known classics to obscure gems.”Interesting to see Google position itself with the (inevitably beta) launch as a modern equivalent to the rise of the public libraries.
As Google makes clear, ‘this is only the beginning’ - and the inevitable challenge to resistant publishers is who is going to embrace this first and see the market opportunity open to them.
