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Google Opens Digital Library to EU

Posted by Zonk on from the library-around-the-world dept.

Kailash Nadh writes "Google Inc. is asking European book publishers to submit non-English material to its Internet-leading search engine a move that may ease worries about the company's digital library relying too heavily on Anglo-American content. The Google Print undertaking represents a major piece of Google's effort to convert printed material into a digital format so it can be called up from any computing device with an Internet connection. By indexing the material, Google hopes to attract more visitors to its Web site and spawn more searches that generate advertising revenue."

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  1. Why thank you, Captain Obvious! by L.+VeGas · · Score: 4, Funny

    "By indexing the material, Google hopes to attract more visitors to its Web site and spawn more searches that generate advertising revenue.

    I thought they were doing it because they wanted to show off.

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  2. Yet another move towards... by Mr.+Sketch · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is yet another move by google to it's new product: Google Purge

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  3. Re:google book by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://print.google.com/