If I could have every one of the books on my groaning bookshelves converted to EPUB format and shrunk to fit my iPad or Kindle, then I'd do it in a second. Or rather, I'd pay someone else to do it in ...

The books scanned through Google’s partnership with university libraries are now available for download online. Well, that is, the public-domain books are available. “Public domain books include both ...

"Google and the World Brain" asks whether a universal library belongs in the hands of a corporation, no matter how well-intentioned. Casey Newton Former Senior Writer Casey Newton writes about Google ...

The deal Google cut with publishers to settle their copyright infringement suit would give a green light to the search giant's book-scanning services and turn it into a retailer of out-of-print books.

Google plans to accelerate its massive efforts to scan tens of millions of books and periodicals with the acquisition on Wednesday of a company called reCAPTCHA. ReCAPTCHA is a well-known provider of ...