DIVER joins the Exact Editions magazine shop. The free trial issue has:
- Urchin sex
- Mask tests
- and ToC
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We have upgraded our service so that we can generate a text version of pages which we present as facsimiles (JPEGs in the browser). This has been on our ‘to do’ list for a long time and now that we have it the ‘screen readers’ that help the visually impaired to navigate and search web pages can get a grip on our service.
The text-only version of any particular page is accessed by clicking ‘Show All’ on a grey bar … Keep Reading
The rumours of a settlement were correct. The publishers and Google have settled their law suit (the agreement is here). That is a very good thing and it opens up a new chapter in the development of publishing and digital libraries. The main thing is that digital libraries are going to be incredibly important and a large part of our cloud-based knowledge systems: furthermore they will be run along the lines of the Google Book Search system (database-driven, page-oriented, … Keep Reading
I am hoping to run the New York marathon this weekend. The training has just about gone according to plan, but with only days to go until ‘the day’ I am suffering from all sorts of niggling doubts and looking for any information, anywhere that will give me comfort that, miraculously, it will all be OK on the day.
Yesterday evening I took a train out of town to see a youth production of an obscure play. Someone I know … Keep Reading
A week ago there was a report in the Library Journal that the publishers and Google were going to settle their copyright dispute very soon now. No further news on that so far — and if there was going to be a friendly settlement the Frankfurt Book Fair would have been a good place and a good time to smoke the pipe of peace. My own hunch is that Google will gain more by prolonging this argument than by settling … Keep Reading