Susan Wojcicki, best known as the head of YouTube but also a key player in convincing the book world to allow Google to scan books into its search engine, died of lung cancer on August 9. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
Media giant tells Australian inquiry Google’s search engine and advertising platform should be separatedGoogle should be broken up to restore a level playing field for media companies swamped by its “overwhelming” market power, News Corp has told the competition regulator.Rupert Murdoch’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Search engine is lobbying hard to stop proposed tax, aimed at compensating news publishers Google’s top news executive has refused to rule out shutting down Google News in EU countries, as the search engine faces a battle with Brussels over plans to charge a “link tax” for using news... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
If some publishers are cooling on Facebook Instant Articles, they're bullish on Google AMP, the search engine’s answer to Instant Articles. Eight months in, AMP now represents 10 to 15 percent of publisher search traffic, which could help publishers wean themselves off volatile social traffic.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2016-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The US Authors Guild’s appeal against the earlier ruling that allows the tech giant to scan millions of books under ‘fair use’ has been rejected by the Supreme CourtA long-running face-off between the US Authors Guild and Google over the search engine’s scanning of millions of books was brought... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Minimum wage, selling used books, a better search engine, financing for new booksellers, and an ongoing conversation on race and class were among booksellers' concerns. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The search giant’s attempt to compete with Facebook Instant Articles and Apple News is drastic – but should be welcomedIn the world of sci-fi, some genius inventor type comes up with a device which immediately disables all guns, missiles, torpedoes, everything. At the flick of a switch, the rate... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon has come under fire from the NSPCC after a 12-year-old girl stumbled across explicit material on its website while searching for free ebooks. The girl’s mother, referred to only as Nicola, has complained to Trading Standards and The BBC her daughter typed “free Kindle books for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
If you need recommendations for your one-person book club, because you'd rather not join an actual one (even if it was founded by a social media mogul), hit up Bing. Microsoft's search engine now displays a carousel of book titles and cover pages (wh... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2015-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google is looking to experiment with a "buy now" button that would allow browsers to shop directly through the search engine, without having to visit a retailer's own website. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, the search giant is seeking to compete directly with Amazon, which... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
German publishers said they are bowing to Google’s market power, and will allow the search engine powerhouse to show news snippets in search results free of charge, at least for the time being.The decision is a step in an ongoing legal dispute between the publishers and Google. Publishers are... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2014-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Yes, it's called My Independent Bookshop, but what does Penguin Random House's new site do for booksellers?I've just opened my very own bookshop at myindependentbookshop.com, the new book recommendation site from Penguin Random House. I enjoyed choosing the font for my logo (Shakespearean), the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google Inc. (GOOG) reached a deal with Belgian newspaper publishers, resolving a six-year copyright battle that had blocked the owner of the world’s most-used search engine from publishing links to local newspapers. “We tur ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google may have started out as a search engine, but the scope of its services has grown considerably in the 20-plus years since its origin. Of the many products in its grand stable, Google Translate has become a workhorse platform, lending its multi-lingual chops to Chrome, Google +, Android,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]