Read more book scanning stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/29879/book-scanning.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorFri, 25 May 2012 13:02:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/41131/google-settles-lawsuit-over-book-scanning-for-125m.htmlNick McMaster<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=148333&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401001707' border='0' />Google has settled a lawsuit concerning intellectual property rights in its book-scanning initiative, Wired reports. Google will pay $125 million to authors who claimed their work was put online without their consent. The settlement also establishes a system where many out-of-print, but still copyrighted, books will be available to buy...Rare, fragile books are seen on a cart ready to be scanned in Ann Arbor, Mich., March 21, 2008.http://www.newser.com/story/41131/google-settles-lawsuit-over-book-scanning-for-125m.htmlTue, 28 Oct 2008 14:43:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28380/microsoft-dumps-book-scanning.htmlMatt Cantor<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=107312&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401012558' border='0' />Microsoft is ending its searchable book-scanning process, leaving the task of digitizing libraries’ worth of text to Google, AP reports. The move follows Yahoo’s rejection of Microsoft’s takeover bid and suggests a new direction for the struggling online component of the world’s software king. Microsoft joined the book-scanning race in...Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates speaks during the Microsoft advance08 Advertising Leadership Forum at the company's campus in Redmond, Wash.http://www.newser.com/story/28380/microsoft-dumps-book-scanning.htmlSun, 25 May 2008 08:57:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25690/google-book-scans-go-slow-at-research-libraries.htmlJonas Oransky<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=98120&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401014135' border='0' />In its ongoing effort to digitize the world's 50-100 million books for online book searching, Google is funding scanning efforts for rare volumes at leading libraries. The AP observed one such digitizing—the oldest Bible with Arabic type, scanned manually at 600 pages per day—which, to protect the work,...Courtney Mitchel helps a giant desktop machine digest a rare, centuries-old Bible in Ann Arbor, Mich., March 21, 2008.http://www.newser.com/story/25690/google-book-scans-go-slow-at-research-libraries.htmlFri, 25 Apr 2008 18:30:51 CDT