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Monday Miscellany Sept 29, 08

James Bridle of booktwo.org puts his money where his mouth is and launches the entirely print-on-demand, web-based publisher Bookkake: “Bookkake is a project born… of my desire to see publishing move with technology and survive as the guardian and helpmate of literature.

Faber Books’ on Flickr: “We’re gradually uploading some of our favourite covers, photos and various other ephemera from our archive. Our archivist uncovers new material every day – we hope you enjoy his discoveries as much as we do!

The 7 Sentence Online Marketing Plan and 4 Myths About Internet Marketing from Monique Trottier of So Misguided and Boxcar Marketing.

Five Ways Amazon Can Improve the Kindle from Gadget Lab on Wired.com: “The rumblings in the ground are pointing to an imminent Kindle 2.0, a successor to Amazon’s loved but flawed e-book reader.” Lots and lots of comments. (Is planned obsolescence going to be a problem for the e-book reader in the long-term? Anyone?)

The Muxtape story – or how the music industry is conspiring to alienate fans and kill itself? There’s almost certainly a lesson for the book industry in there somewhere…

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Google Expands Book Search

Google has announced that it is launching a new set of free Google Book Search tools “that allow retailers, publishers, and anyone with a web site to embed books from the Google Book Search index.”

Google Book Search, which already partners with publishers and libraries, give users the opportunity to search online and view a preview of a book if it’s out of copyright, or the publisher has given Google permission.

The new tools enable sites to embed books from the Google Book Search index, allowing them to display full-text search results from Book Search, and integrate with social features such as ratings and reviews:

“Ultimately, we believe that these tools and partnerships further our quest to make books more discoverable on the Web, from your Google search results to your favorite bookstores, publisher and author websites, online library catalogues, and social networks.”

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