Comments | drowsyhaze: ATTN: AUTHORS, PLEASE READ

drowsyhaze

ATTN: AUTHORS, PLEASE READ

Jan 07, 2006 02:40

especially the published ones. i realize i haven't been keeping up with any of you (really, anyone on here due to lack of internet for most of last year), but i hope you'll respond.

what do you think of google books? what do you think it means for publishing companies? what do you think it means for authors? intellectual property rights? the money ( Read more... )

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syndrometer January 7 2006, 16:09:08 UTC

What's google books?

drowsyhaze January 7 2006, 21:14:07 UTC

i probably should've included an explanation...
i edited the post, hopefully that helps?

edwardguest January 7 2006, 21:52:59 UTC

Honestly, I think it will help book sales. Some of these books are kinda obscure, and a lot of people don't even know that they exist. When you do a search on a certain subject, it will bring up books that you might not have known about, and that might make you want to buy it. The notion that google book search will destroy the publishing industry is as ridiculous as the notion that VHS would bring down the television networks. Besides, most people want to read actual books. Have you ever tried to read a whole book on the screen? Cause it sucks.

drowsyhaze January 7 2006, 23:34:26 UTC

mostly the concern is that writer's have no choice if there work is published on google books or not ( ... )

edwardguest January 8 2006, 00:27:52 UTC

I don't think writers should care if their stuff is on google book search. I think it helps them. There is a big difference between the book search and Napster of Kazzaa. You can't download the books, or even copy and paste from them. And, even if you do use the search trick to view the whole book, who would want to go through all that to read a book in a crappy medium? If a person doesn't want to a buy a book they go to a library ( ... )

drowsyhaze January 8 2006, 11:13:10 UTC

the "soul" of books? intellectual rights? authors putting themselves into the books? i think you ignore the author in all of this. as much as i'd like to think the author is dead and writing is pig shit and etc. it doesn't mean that everyone else does. writing can mean a lot to some people ( ... )

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drowsyhaze January 8 2006, 10:50:19 UTC

i haven't read too much into it, but what about the aap lawsuit?
http://www.boingboing.net/2005/10/19/google_sued_by_assoc.html

i agree, though. it is useful for people who are looking for books.

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drowsyhaze January 8 2006, 11:58:13 UTC

ah. i had read that google claimed to respect copyrights, but i was told otherwise by a usually reliable source. seeing multiple lawsuits sort of convinced me of it. woops.

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oceanoflillies March 24 2006, 08:04:26 UTC

just saying hello to you, yusuf.

hello.

drowsyhaze March 24 2006, 08:52:47 UTC

hello chris

i am painfully sick