Google Books- Accessibility and Availability

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Post by Jennifer Fischer

Google's Big Plan for Books: [Editorial] 

Google Books has been under scrutiny for trying to monopolize the book industry and copyright infringement. However, if the writers and publishers of the books Google is trying to digitize and make available for millions of people reach an agreement with Google, so many out-of-print books and resources may be made available for so many readers. 

The article from The New York Times, "Google's Big Plan for Books," describes how Google's goal is to make more books more accessible to a wider audience (The New York Times, 2009). The "out-of-print" books will be able to reach a new light; the knowledge that is contained in so many of these books that are not accessible or available to a lot of people will now become readily available. This is important for those who may not have access to a library with a large collection, or the ability to physically go to the library, grab a book and read. These individuals will be able to read from home or anywhere they want from their personal device. Google Books offers thousands of books that have been digitized for the ease and accessibility of readers. The books are easily searchable from the Google search engine as well.

The ultimate takeaway from this article?
Google Books makes reading and accessing knowledge from books that are, as of right now, inaccessible to the majority of the world, easy. Reading books straight from a personal device or computer is available for so many who may need the assistance of technology for reading. 

Google's big plan for books: [editorial]. (2009, Jul 29). New York Times Retrieved from https://login.ezproxy.palomar.edu/login?auth=shibboleth&url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/googles-big-plan-books/docview/434121999/se-2 


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