I'm under the impression--mistaken?--that google is not able to make available books that are under copyright--just older books. Am I wrong? Cindy --- Pratik Patel <pratikp1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Bill, There have been discussions with Google > regarding partnership > possibilities. However, at this time, there are > considerable legal and > other challenges that must be resolved before this > can become a real > possibility. > > Pratik > > > -----Original Message----- > From: bill holton [mailto:bill32607@xxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 8:43 AM > To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Google and Bookshare? > > Since Google is already scanning nearly every book > in existance for their > books project, has there been any work toward > getting them to deposit their > scans in Bookshare, or at least making the text > available to Bookshare > members? Seems like a dream partnership > possibility. > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to > > bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the > Subject line. To get a list > of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself > in the subject line. > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to > > bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the > Subject line. To get a list of available commands, > put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/265 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.