[bksvol-discuss] Re: FW: Google
- From: "Monica Willyard" <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 15:28:30 -0500
I don't think Bookshare will become obsolete in part because Google isn't
scanning modern books of popular interest. Most of their books are older
and/or more academic in scope. While we'd be able to read out of print books
on Google, we'd still need Bookshare to read current bestsellers and other
recent content, books written in the past 20 years or so. That could change,
of course, but I doubt it would be within the next five years. With 35
million books available in print right now, I think there is plenty of room
for Bookshare. Finally, Bookshare's business model is different from how
Google Books works, and I think the two can be compatible and will
supplement each other over time.
Monica Willyard
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