Monday, March 13, 2006
Google Continues to explore Web 2.0 Technology
According to News.com, Google is looking to expand their book-scanning service into a pay-to-read option that would allow users to buy the rights to read a textbook online. It's a good idea (one that others have already implemented or planned to implement), but as with any nifty new technology or concept, until there's one central location for the end-user, it's going to be ugly for a while. Given the Amazon/Random House deal, not to mention Blackboard Building Blocks that are also offer textbook access, I'm not sure Google is playing from a position of power on this one.
# posted by Adam Smith @ 12:10 PM 
