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Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, @ Google Book Search
MAKE Magazine —
... You can search for some magazines through Google Book Search new, of note... Popular Science, Popular Mechanics & Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. All of the magazines also have a map at the bottom so you can see where things were and/or mentioned, oh and some ads from Google - they are likely doing some type of revenue share with the publishers in that program. More info @ the Google blog. ...
Google Adds Print Magazines To Book Search
TechCrunch —
... The magazines, many of them Hearst publication, have been scanned and digitized and are presented using a similar interface to the one Google recently developed for archived newspapers. You can browse different covers of a magazine or dive into a specific issue and turn the scanned pages, which come complete with all of the old advertisements. You can search within an issue. And when you look at the page with the covers, a Google Map shows all the places mentioned in various issues, with links to the pages where those places are mentioned. ...
Google Adds Magazines to Book Search
WebProNews Feed —
... . In time, these results will also become part of regular Google searches."Over time, as we scan more articles, you'll see more and more magazines appear in Google Book Search results," says software engineer Dave Foulser. "Eventually, we'll also begin blending magazine results into our main Google.com search results, so you may begin finding magazines you didn't even know you were looking for. For now you can restrict your search to magazines we've scanned by trying an advanced search." So far, Google has partnered with titles like New York Magazine , Popular Mechanics , ...
Google Book Search Adds Magazines
Google Blogoscoped —
... Google says, “Over time, as we scan more articles, you’ll see more and more magazines appear in Google Book Search results. Eventually, we’ll also begin blending magazine results into our main Google.com search results, so you may begin finding magazines you didn’t even know you were looking for.” ...
Google brings old magazine back to life, online
Webware.com —
... On Tuesday Google announced a partnership with several magazine publishers to bring complete catalogs of old magazines online.
By using the same scanning process that has been implemented for Google's Book Search product, these titles undergo optical character recognition and are indexed into Google's search engine. In a post on the company's official blog, Google said that the scanned works will first be available in Book Search, with integration into regular Google search results to follow.
Among the more notable publications are ...
Magazines Come to Google Book Search
ReadWriteWeb —
Google today announced that it is adding magazines to its lineup for Google Book Search. These magazines include publications like Popular Science and New York Magazine, but also more obscure publications like the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. In the long run, Google expects to add search results from these magazines to its main Google.com search results.
It is not clear if Google struck a deal with specific publishers to allow for this, but the selection of included magazines still feels a bit uneven and leaves out quite a few well ...
Find and read magazines online with Google Book Search
Download Squad —
... Google's efforts to digitize the world's book collection have drawn the ire of some book publishers. So what's the next step? Digitizing magazines of course. Nobody ever ...
Google scratches to-do list off to-do list, and more
GMSV —
... is now in the process of scanning millions of magazine articles into its database . Already available are archives from publications as diverse as New York Magazine, Popular Mechanics, Ebony and the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. ...
Vintage Popular Science Mags Online
Retro Thing —
... a massive collection of vintage magazines, including Popular Science and Popular Mechanics. Amazingly, it looks like Pop Sci first hit newsstands in May 1872. It took another 33 years for Popular Mechanics to arrive on the scene. The ability to instantly search decades worth of material is irresistible, and I will gleefully respond by spending countless hours learning how to build vintage hydrofoils and futuristic transistor radios in my garden shed.
Find out more at the Official Google Blog [via Make]
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Go-Go Magic Magazine Searches!
Homotron.net —
... not been adjusted at all, so you can see the information in it's original-esque glory.
While I think it's an interesting idea, I'm curious to see if this catches on with publishers or readers. I suppose this could be very useful for research purposes, but trying to convince publishers, many of whom are struggling to increase readership and sales, to post their content free online may be a stretch.
In any case, give it a shot. It's a pretty nifty tool!
Search and find magazines on Google Book Search [Google Blog]
Google Adds Magazines to Book Search
Search Engine Journal —
... I love Google Book Search and its many features including the full and partial preview of digitized books. It’s really a big help when planning to buy a particular book title and you want to preview its content without going to the nearest bookstore. Equally useful is the fact that you can read a book in its entirety if those books are already out of copyright restrictions. Now, Google is bringing the same book preview/reading experience to digitized magazines. ...
Google Book Search Expands To Magazines
paidContent —
... ) has set its sights on another print medium—magazines. Announced today via a blog post, Google is partnering with publishers like Hearst, Johnson Publishing, Emmis Publishing and New York Media to bring a bunch of magazine archives and current issues online. ...
Google Scans Some Old Magazines, Will It Get More? (GOOG)
Silicon Alley Insider —
... Another neat-but-currently-useless feature from Google (GOOG): The company announced today users can now search old copies of some print magazines on ...
Google adds Magazines to Google Book Search
The Inquisitr » Technology —
... all with permission from publishers. The catalog includes access to full back copies, so you can read entire magazines, not just extracts as is often the norm with books on the service
Magazines will be included in the mix for general Book Search search results, or users can select magazines only via the advanced search option.
The number of magazines are limited at the moment, but Google said that it was looking at expanding the number.
More on the Google Blog here.
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Google Book Search: now with magazines!
VentureBeat —
Google announced today that its Book Search engine is now home to magazine archives. Partnerships with publishers such as Hearst mean you can read magazine articles in full-color, from page-to-page, in their original context. And you don’t have to be afraid of papercuts.
Searches now bring up results from magazines like Popular Science, New York Magazine and Ebony, plus niche publications such as Vegetarian Times and the admittedly obscure Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. Oddly enough, some big names such as Newsweek and ...
Google’s Infinite, Infinitely Imperfect Newsstand
Technologizer —
... . But there are a couple of centuries’ worth of back issues that still make for fascinating–and sometimes important–reading. And among Google’s umpteen major initiatives is getting as many of them as possible online in searchable form. Today, the company announced that it’s working with a bunch of publishers to put more magazines online as part of ...
Google Book Search: Search and find Magazines
D' Technology Weblog —
Magazine articles now included in Google Book Search—along with books
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home —
... is “partnering with publishers to begin digitizing millions of articles from titles as diverse as New York Magazine, Popular Mechanics, and Ebony.” ...
Linkpost | 12.10.2008
TechBlog —
... - But there are still no Mac or Linux versions. • Search and find magazines on Google Book Search - You can now search though old magazines on Google Book search, and eventually they'll be included in regular results as well. • ...
Google Adds 1 Million Magazine Articles to Book Searc
AppScout —
... Google won't take a break until it's made every bit of information in the universe searchable. It has just announced plans to extend its book search by adding a number of magazines to its databases. ...
Google adds (some) magazines to its Book Search
Popgadget: Personal Tech for Women —
... Not content with aiming to scan and post searchable copies of every book ever written, Google is doing the same with magazines. Well, not every magazine apparently, or at least not right away. The official blog post announcing this intriguing new feature mentioned New York magazine, Popular Science, Ebony, and also Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. ...
Google thumbs through a few magazines
Betanews —
... , BetaNews December 11, 2008, 9:00 AM The Book Search has gone softcover, and how -- Google Book Search has begun to include scanned and searchable magazines alongside more traditional print forms. For magazine junkies, in other words, your holiday gift was delivered early this year; yes indeed, baby's got back issues. It's unclear how many titles are currently in the system. Google's not telling , but among the treats we saw as we compulsively hit Refresh on the main ...
New York Scanned and Indexed by Google
Beet.TV —
Google has scanned and indexed the entire archives of New York magazine. Issues spanning 40 years have been organized as part of Google Book Search.
New York is one of the first magazines in the program which was announced in December. We sat down with New York top online exec Michael Silberman to talk about the Google project. Michael told me there is value in having the magazine indexed for both internal use and external brand building. The program does not yet provide any direct revenue to New York, he says in this interview. Andy ...
Google Labs Introducing News Time Line
SolSie.com —
... and magazines In addition, user can Blog Search results and sports scores, as well as information about books, music, movies, tv shows, video games, and even artists, to see how they’ve appeared over time. This is a great research tool that you have at your disposal. Give it a try ...
