Google Allows Downloads of out-of-copyright Books

We were wondering the same thing here.  I assumed Google had
done it 
because the first page of the PDF includes the language that
it was 
scanned by Google.  It could be boilerplate and this work
may not 
have been scanned by Google, but by Michigan -- was it then
given to 
Google for hosting?

I couldn't readily find a company called Imagenes Digitales
in 
Nogales when I googled it.

Leslie

At 12:55 PM 8/30/2006, Riley, Jenn wrote:
>I'm wondering about the specific book Leslie linked to
below (Flatland).
>On p. 2 of the downloaded PDF, it says "Scanned by
Imagenes Digitales,
>Nogales, AZ. On behalf of Preservation Division, The
University of
>Michigan Libraries." This whole page looks like
something Michigan would
>include in their own digitization. Is this a Google scan
or a Michigan
>scan? Does anyone know what's up?
>
>Jenn
>
>
> > Message: 23
> > Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:02:11 -0400
> > From: Leslie Johnston <johnstonvirginia.edu>
> > Subject: [Web4lib] Google Allows Downloads of
out-of-copyright Books
> > To: web4libwebjunction.org
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> >
> > All,
> >
> > >Google is adding a feature to its Google Book
Search service today
> > >to allow PDF downloads of out-of-copyright
books.
> >
> > http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows
-downloads-o
>f-out-of-copyright-books/
> >
> > It's definitely not consistently available yet,
but here's an example:
> >
> > http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC18938030
&id=HKackp-vG-YC
>&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&dq=abbott+flatland
> >
> > Sometimes it's full view only, sometimes it's
download only, and
> > sometimes there are both options.  The service is
launching today, so
> > I don't know if this is a bug or a feature ...
> >
> > Leslie
> >
> > ------------
> > Leslie Johnston
> > Head, Digital Access Services
> > University of Virginia Library
> > http://lib.virginia.
edu/digital/
> > http://lib.virgi
nia.edu/digital/das/
> > johnstonvirginia.edu
> >
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