techcrunch.com— Google has a patent, which was issued on March 24, 2009, on how to scan books faster than was previously possible.
May 3, 2009View in Crawl 4
I don't understand why they don't just break the binding and then scan it through a paper fed scanner. They could at least do that with the less expensive books.
paulishMay 3, 2009
I don't understand why they don't just break the binding and then scan it through a paper fed scanner. They could at least do that with the less expensive books.
hackiavelliMay 4, 2009
Make them use-or-lose like other IP (trademarks must be enforced or the owner risks losing them, for instance).
vertigeltMay 4, 2009
PDF is an ISO standard: ISO 32000-1
vertigeltMay 4, 2009
And expensive books. Most of my college text books cost me $150 or so.
stoanhartMay 4, 2009
If publishers did that, they would unleash MP3-level P2P piracy on themselves. Why would they ever do that?
wologoloJan 2, 2010
Now all they need is an e-book reader