Google Reopens their Play Books Publisher Program - GoodEReader

Today, Panzer had hardly gotten into the Catosphere when the Panzermobile was buffeted and shaken by all the clapping and cheering outside. Our traveling kitty boy had no trouble following all the noise to the GoodEReader site. There he found a post about Google.

According to the post by Michael Kozlowski, Google has reopened the Play Books Publisher Program. The program was closed in 2015 due to ebook piracy and quality issues. The resurrection of the program includes restrictions aimed at cleaning up these issues. Indie authors and publishers and their books must be vetted before being placed in Google Books and Google Play. The post includes links to past informational posts about the previous issues and a link to the online interest form for submission and admission.

I don't cheat, so I bet I can get accepted.

Panzer says, "Hmm ... It sounds like now is the time to get into the program. If an indie author and publisher can get accepted into the program, there won't be much competition in the beginning."

Note: This is a short post. Bring a cup of tea for today's reading selection. If you plan to follow the links and read the posts, bring another cup of tea and two muffins.

To read the post tootle over to Google Play Books Publisher Program

How Google Book Search Got Lost - BackChannel

Today's trip into the Catosphere took Panzer to a site he's never visited before called BackChannel. There our curious kitty boy found a post about Google Books.*

After all that I really need a nap.

According to the post by Scott Rosenberg, Google Books is still alive and scanning. Over a decade ago Google began scanning the contents of books. When authors and publishers learned about what Google was doing a court battle was begun over the copyright holders legal right to stop Google. After the decade long court battle was finally decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in Google's favor, Mr. Rosenberg went searching to find out what Google Books was doing now. Turns out more than 25 million books have been scanned into the Google Books database and more are added every day. A lot of history and explanation about Google and Google Books is also included in this post.

Panzer says, "This little kitty didn't know they spent that whole decade scanning books.  What would they have done with all those scanned book files if they lost in court?"

Note: This is a t-r-e-m-e-n-d-o-u-s-l-y h-u-m-o-n-g-o-u-s post. Bring three thermoses of tea and three dozen donuts and a sleeping bag for two naps for today's reading selection.

To read the post tootle over to Google Book Search


*Panzer gives a tip of the fedora to The Digital Reader  site for the link to this BackChannel post.