Google Plans to Put a Lot More Books Under the Scanner

LINKED IN WITH... Marissa Mayer, who oversees Google's controversial book-scanning project and other efforts.

Ms. Mayer, vice president for search products and user experience at Google, says the company will expand its Book Search project, which has scanned more than a million books in conjunction with several major libraries. Some authors and publishers, however, have sued the company, claiming that Google is violating their copyrights, even though Google does not show the full text

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