Amazon enters book digitization jungle with rare-book project - CNET
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This new initiative involves collaboration with public and university libraries to provide their collections of "rare and inaccessible" books; the titles will be digitized through Kirtas and then reproductions will be sold through Amazon through the BookSurge print-on-demand service. and Cincinnati, Ohio--will receive a cut of the revenue to fund further book preservation efforts, provided the titles are in the public domain or the libraries own the rights to them. "There are thousands of books that have been unavailable altogether or incredibly difficult to find and access," BookSurge general manager David Symonds said in a statement, "so were thrilled to be making reproductions of these unique, collectible books available to millions of Amazon.com customers." In its short history, book digitization hasnt gone over particularly well with everyone (to put it lightly). The most prominent player, Google Book Search, has come under seemingly endless fire from the publishing industry over copyright issues.
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