Digitizing books can spur demand for physical copies
October 31, 2023
October 31, 2023
ITHACA, New York, Oct. 31 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
Book publishers cried foul - in the form of numerous legal challenges - nearly two decades ago when the Google Books project digitized and freely distributed more than 25 million works.
The publishers argued that free digital distribution undermines the market for physical books, but new research from Cornell's Imke Reimers and a collaborator reveals that the opposite - increased demand for physi . . .
Book publishers cried foul - in the form of numerous legal challenges - nearly two decades ago when the Google Books project digitized and freely distributed more than 25 million works.
The publishers argued that free digital distribution undermines the market for physical books, but new research from Cornell's Imke Reimers and a collaborator reveals that the opposite - increased demand for physi . . .