Google does it again. It announced that it will be digitizing all issues of (certain) magazines.
Currently archives of magazines like Popular Science, Men’s Health, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, New York Magazine, Maximum PC, Popular Mechanics etc. are available in full.
This is due to the court agreement that Google won:
Three years ago, the Authors Guild, the Association of American Publishers and a handful of authors and publishers filed a class action lawsuit against Google Book Search.
Today we’re delighted to announce that we’ve settled that lawsuit and will be working closely with these industry partners to bring even more of the world’s books online. Together we’ll accomplish far more than any of us could have individually, to the enduring benefit of authors, publishers, researchers and readers alike. source
That means we can expect more and more books and magazines to be available online in full soon.
Enjoy: http://books.google.com
Looks quite good but after a while your eyes would hurt!
This is great news, internet is the way of the future if not the present. Making these magazines available via google is a good move.
Will check it out soon. Would love to read magazines on war and fantasy…
In 5 years time, the Internet will have changed thousands of things in our lives. This is definitely a step in that direction.
em. thats really a good news i think.
This is great. I found the book that I’m looking for about Guide to writing well in Grammar section. I guess we don’t have to use rapidshare to download ebook anymore.
@taib
geez, 1 less reason i have to go to my local library
Google has a very good PR person….
When someone want to sue them, they will offer to work together with….
A huge income….
ehm. wonderful. i like this news.
I love google :D
Google is taking over the world?
Wow. This is cool—almost hard to believe. This will be a valuable resource to students doing research. It will be interesting to see if Google finds a way to monetize the magazines online.
OMG this is completely profound. This is really amazing and really cool at the same time. Go Google!
you might want to explore goreadgreen.com – they are offering free 1 year magazine.
i’m not really a good reader. So, maybe next time.
Nice concept, however is this a free service? Surely people will just begin to wait for the magazine to hit Google rather than buying a copy of it?
yes it’s free.
Men’s health? thats great! But reading from this computer is rather tiring..