USA Today via Reuters: "Google has launched a site especially for Shakespeare's work to allow users to peruse all his works online. The site allows users to search for key words or phrases form these great wokrs and to read the entire work online.
It is housed in the Google Book Search site that also has many of Shapespeares's books as well as other books for you to purchase."
This is a gem of a site for curriculum development, putting these works and many more right at an eductor's fingertips. So be sure to bookmark it !
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The problems that are confronting Google as it attempts to digitize Shakespeare's works (as well as other books) is best summed up by the blog "Reflective Librarian" and his posting at http://reflectivelibrarian.blogspot.com/2006/06/google-botches-shakespeare-ebooks.html
His posting explains the many problems with Google books, its short comings, and its many problems……sloppiness being the biggest one. Another blogger who states the same thing is Bill Trippe located at http://www.billtrippe.com/archives/2006/06/google_hacks_to.html
I should know because I have been involved in producing ebooks on the web for a number of years. (see http://www.bookyards.com ). When Google announced their digital project, I felt that there was no longer any purpose in doing our digital project. This perception was wrong....Google's project is too ambitious, resulting in the confusion and mess that it finds itself presently in.
If you want Shakespeare (for free), just go to
http://www.bookyards.com/search_results.html?type=books&author_id=596&author_name=Shakespeare%2C%20William
We have also compiled a good collection of other digital libraries with books available for downloading. Just go to Bookyards “Library Collections - E Books” at http://www.bookyards.com/links.html?type=links&category_id=1780
There are approximately 350 digital libraries separated alphabetically and by category, with over 200,000 ebooks......ebooks that are vastly superior and better organized than what Google books is offering.
thanks victor! Bookyards looks like a fantastic resource. i'm going to blog about it on the main page. I think there will be a big interest in Bookyards by the education community! Thanks for stopping by and sharing the Bookyards bounty with the BlendedEdu community!
Have you seen the Open Content Alliance approach that Yahoo!, Microsoft, and others are taking?
http://www.opencontentalliance.org/
Love to hear your feedback.
Thanks again!
db
oh victor, one other thing! you and your digital library partners may be interested in an the international library initiative, the september project.
You can learn more by clicking here:
http://www.theseptemberproject.org/
db
Thanks Victor for the comment. Sometimes google's eyes are bigger than their stomachs...
I'm glad Derek posted bookyards so all my librarian friends - can bookmark it!
I seem to make friends with librarians wherever I go ;)mac
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