It works here in Ohio, USA.
Is this new??? |
Can you read the whole book Haochi? I can't (in the UK) |
depends on what book, sometimes I can read the whole one |
Works here... not amazing quality though. |
As far as I know...I can read the whole book.(I click from 1-10 then skip to 50-60). |
I am surprised by the lack of quality. I suppose it would be explained by the large volume of books that need to be scanned- a very long and monotonous job. Is there a system in place for low quality scans to be replaced in the future? Possibly some type of user contribution. |
I can´t see anything from Denmark either. Maybe it is a US only view? |
Romeo and Juliet dosn't work either. I wanted that for school work. oh well I've borrowed the book from the library now. |
Haochi:
> These books are Full View. (Atleast for me)
> http://books.google.com/books?q=Shakespeare%27s+Comedy+of+As+You+Like+it&btnG=Search+Books&as_brr=0
I get "No preview available" for those from Germany... |
According to http://booksearch.blogspot.com/2006/06/no-holds-bard.html (the blog post that seems to announce the project), they say:
Update: Some print versions of Shakespeare's plays may not be in the public domain everywhere in the world. In cases where the copyright status is in question, we protect the publisher by showing the Snippet View. As always, we encourage you to let us know if you believe a publication should be in Full Book View, and we hope you bear with us as we confirm the status and, whenever appropriate, change the display. |
Interesting. I can't see snippets though for Shakespeare and Shakespeare is in the public domain here too (Germany). I think they just didn't check the local laws so far and asking people to give them feedback on this is kind of ridiculous – they expect their users to know more about book copyright then the legal team at Google, and they would simply trust me when I tell them to go ahead with Shakespeare here? I think it's just a nice way of saying that localized versions were not the top priority for this yet, and I'm sure they'll get to it over time. I still remember how Google Video was blocked in Germany for many months due to "copyright" (which of course wasn't necessary). |
If you're looking for places to read the full text of Shakespeare, that can be easily read online, check:
The Oxford Shakespeare
Searchable by keyword too!
http://www.bartleby.com/70/
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
from MIT, online since 1993
http://www-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/works.html
A complete list of works from various sources via the AMAZING Online Books Page that I've been writing about for years.
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/search?author=shakespeare&amode=words
Shakespeare Bookshelf from IPL
http://www.ipl.org/div/shakespeare/shakespeare.html
If you're looking for books about Shakespeare I would suggest taking a look at another service I've been writing about for a long time, ebrary. I'm not sure how this works outside of the U.S. Apologies.
ebrary usually sells its services to libraries.
HOWEVER, this url
http://shop.ebrary.com/
Allows any user to search and read (Full text, full image over 20,000 books).
You pay only to print or copy a page. 25 cents/USD.
You do need to set-up a deposit account (free). Again, you are only charged if you print or copy. Otherwise, the full text (no limits is free). I found hundreds of books about Shakespeare and 63 books by William S. :-)
More about ebrary here.
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3565566
Also, many libraries also offer free full text and full image access to NetLibrary. They are likely to have materials by "the bard."
See:
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/041006-105816 |
Allow me to add a couple more.
Internet Shakespeare Editions, University of Victoria, Canada
http://ise.uvic.ca/index.html
Full text and in some cases full images of pages, Also included, “Shakespeare in Performance is a searchable database of performance materials from over 1000 film and stage productions related to Shakespeare’s works.†Much more) VERY IMPRESSIVE!
The Perseus Digital Library from Tufts University. Interesting navigation. Also searchable.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cache/perscoll_Renaissance.html
Btw, all of these items from this post and the one above it are linked here:
http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/06/15/shakespeare-full-text-and-full-image-on-the-web/ |
[moved from Google launches new Shakespeare site]
http://books.google.com/googlebooks/shakespeare/
http://blogs.zdnet.com/images/DMM61506GS.JPG
for more info:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/micro-markets/index.php?p=123
looks nice :) |
