the history of Google Books.
[2002]
Google has started to make a small secret project "books" more formal. They talked to experts about the problems ahead. It started with a simple question: It is vital that It will take a long time to scan all the books in a digital world. It's strange that nobody know Larry Page decided to experiment with Google's typical day, while in office, he and Marissa Mayer, one of the first batch of our product managers. Use tap tempo to maintain rhythm while flipping pages of the 300 page indefinitely by a full 40 minutes to reach the last page.
When you are inspired by the special projects. The digital conversion is performed around the world, such as the Library of Congress American Memory Project, Project Gutenberg, Million Book Project and the Universal Library staff have begun visiting the site. To learn how to do their job.
As part of the quest to find this fact Larry Page took us to the University of Michigan's Institute, where he had been studying, and a pioneer in converting digital library, including JSTOR and the Making of America when they realize that time. approximately seven million copies in the scanning of the university library at this time is 1,000 years old, he told the university president Mary Sue Coleman said he was confident that Google will be made within 6 years.
[2003]
A team member travels to a charity book fair in Phoenix, Arizona, to find books to scan, test techniques that do not damage the book. After the experiment is repeated countless times. The team has developed a high-speed scanning gentler than the commonly used at that time very much. As a result, the team is pleased. The books Moreover, it lightens.
In the meantime, Team of software engineers to develop technical solutions to complex. Which they suffer in the process of book that is a different size. A strange characters Or other unique characteristics Are not expected to come in up to 430 different languages.
[2004]
Established in 1602 by Sir Thomas Bodley Bodleian Library at Oxford University's mission to serve not only the campus community but the entire world. The team visited the famous library and get a warm welcome as well.
During a walking tour of the stacks of books. The librarian book "Uncut" centuries-old out. These books are rarely seen the light of day. For the first time since Shakespeare as a playwright. The dream of expanding the circle small. Authors of the exponentially by reaching out for it, it seems just out of reach.
The visit was inspiring as well. Including meetings and conversations to follow up such leads to a formal partnership to put digital copies of books in the public domain in the 19th century, more than 1 million copies of the library is within 3 years.
Meanwhile, talking about the various surveys. With the largest publishers in the world, some are beginning to happen. In October Larry and Sergey announce "Google Print" at the Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany, the first publisher. Participating are: Blackwell, Cambridge University Press, University of Chicago Press, Houghton Mifflin, Hyperion, McGraw-Hill, Oxford University Press, Pearson, Penguin, Perseus, Princeton University Press, Springer, Taylor & Francis, Thomson Delmar and Warner. Books
In December We announce the beginning of the library, "Google Print", made possible by a partnership with Harvard, the University of Michigan, the New York Public Library, Oxford and Stanford series books. These are collected in a special library, estimated that more than 15 million copies.
[2005]
One year after the launch of Google Print's team back at the Frankfurt Book Fair to inform you that now, "Google Print" in the alliance. From eight European countries: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland.
To fulfill our mission to organize the world's information and make it accessible from anywhere and use it. We have donated $ 3 million to the Library of Congress to help create digital libraries of the world (World Digital Library) which will provide online access to information and expertise that is rare anywhere in the world. We also extend the model to scan our library is. This includes digital converter with historical value from the Law Library of the Library of Congress as well.
Google renamed "Google Print" Google Books, which demonstrates how to use it more. The team also responds to the argument that by participating in the library. Public debate On their own principles.
[2006]
In a rousing speech to the Association of American Publishers (Association of American Publishers - AAP) Mary Sue Coleman, President of the University of Michigan explains why the university has chosen to partner with us in the library. By insisting on the importance of converting a digital book when faced with natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina. It also said that "We believe in this project, no change."
In March We attend the London Book Fair, which features some of our publisher partners to share their experiences of the past.
After a long We ask our partners to tell us that. They want to sell books full online access to readers in their browser or not. This is the first choice of many alternatives. Available, many of which are developed in close cooperation with publishers to help them on the way to trial new ways of selling books online.
Throughout the summer We performed a Shakespeare in the Park in opening its 50th year without charge in Central Park by creating a place to search for and find the perfect online play of the Bard while in New York City. We also attended Book Expo America, and the publishers and authors in the United States a taste of what the user sees. When they join the partner program books (Books Partner Program).
We initiated the program performance products for one set for Book Search works benefit and easier Firstly, we expand our reach to work as a public, we have scanned the Add button to download a PDF of this book. Copyright has expired A few months later, We have interactive interface to browse the new model. That allows viewing and navigation easier Interactive Book Search interface also comes with a new face. About this book A new algorithm of Google to display pages. With related content on a book. Initially, the Related And references to the work of experts.
[2007]
We conducted several How to get people to interact with the book by using the new UI is beginning to take action.
Places in this book: the assembly of the people, maps, browse the books by the location stated in the book that way. (Later, we had a trial KML layer for Google Earth, which is the reverse. That is, users choose a location. Then we map the inset).
Popular Articles: We created a new way to get to the books. By investigating the use of a collection of books.
My Library: We help people take advantage of the capabilities of Google Search from the book of their own. They began caring and sharing personal library of reviews and ratings with others.
New Home (Initially only in the U.S.): We give people jumping off place to explore books in our index.
Marissa Mayer introduces Universal Search to Book Search in the U.S. and becomes a part of your Google Search with a mix together.
In May Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne and Ghent University Library has joined the Book Search by adding books were in French, German, Fleming Beach, Latin, and other languages, and the number of partner libraries in Europe to 6 places.
In July We add links "View plain text" to the book, out of copyright books and TV Raman explains how this led to the adaptive technologies such as screen readers and Braille displays. By providing users with visual impairments can read these books, as well as the user visible.
In December Interactive Book Search interface is available in over 35 languages, from Japanese. To the Czech And the Finnish Publishers and authors than 10,000 members from over 100 countries are participating in the Book Search Partner Program Library Project expanded alliance to 28, including Fiction International 7, including Oxford University (UK), University of Complutense of Madrid. (Spain), National Library of Catalonia (Spain), University Library of Lausanne (in Switzerland), Ghent University (Belgium) and Keio University (Japan).
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