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Google Offering Print Versions of Online Books

Posted by timothy on from the ungreppable-format dept.

carluva writes "Google is teaming up with On Demand Books to offer paperback versions of its collection of over 2 million public domain books. The books will be able to be printed using ODB's Espresso Book Machine, which is already in use at several book stores and libraries and can print and bind a complete, paperback copy of a 300-page book in less than 5 minutes. Google and ODB each get $1 in royalties per book sold (Google has pledged to donate its proceeds to charities and nonprofit organizations). See also ODB's PDF press release."

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  1. Now *that's* circular by Gorm+the+DBA · · Score: 4, Funny
    So...I can now get a dead tree version of a scanned copy of a dead tree book?

    How long before google starts a service to provide scanned copies of these new dead tree versions online and indexed?

  2. Re:No thanks. by cthulu_mt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Given your user name I image your Palm is very important.

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  3. Wu-Tang Forever by swanzilla · · Score: 4, Funny

    ODB...still getting paid.

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  4. Re:print? by Attila+Dimedici · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh good, another reason to refuse to get an e-book reader.

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  5. Re:No thanks. by Red+Flayer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Given your user name, I don't want to imagine anything about you, lest I become a gibbering heap of slag-brained insanity.

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  6. Re:NO ODB joke? by Red+Flayer · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nobody's made an ODB/Ol' Dirty Bastard joke yet? Someone here's gotta listen to Wu Tang.

    This is slashdot, not Digg. If someone here was to make a joke about ODB, it would more likely have something to do with ODBC being originally developed by Microsoft, yet ODB is publishing books with Google and that conundrum is leading to the end of civilization as we know it, or something.

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  7. Re:English, motherfucker, do you speak it? by cthulu_mt · · Score: 2, Funny

    I use IE 8 at work, the lack of built in spell check is epic fail.

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  8. Print this book by djupedal · · Score: 2, Funny

    ....Abbie Hoffman isn't going to appreciate this, me thinks.

  9. Re:No thanks. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    the iPhone (I have one)

    Well, lah-dee-dah.

  10. Re:print? by Mr.+Slippery · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm one of those people that greatly savors a paper book. I have a nice little library of books that I keep around on two bookcases

    Um, my friend...if your "library" fits on two bookcases, you are not one of those people that greatly savors a paper book. :-) Come back when vistors aren't sure if they've found your house, or a used book store.

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  11. Re:"reputation capital" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yeah, that Gates foundation are a bunch of scumbags. Trying to fight malaria and improve the third world. When will they learn?