Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 11:06:28 -0600 Message-ID: <eeea499a1001230906kec4a060pf77d53a9fbc2815c@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Searching your own local history books online through google books From: Russell Hanson <riverroadrambler@gmail.com>
I have been continuing to fine tune the google books partner program where I
have now have uploaded 3 local history books online. I have added the
ability to search just my own group of books for words of interest.
You can test it by going to my River Road Ramblings blog
http://riverroadrambler.blogspot.com/ and read the recent post "Local
History Books Online"
where I have allowed a google automatic process to create the search window
for just the books I put online. The search is at the bottom of the post
after the direct linka to the books.
Try searching on Cushing then clicking into the top book in the list of 3
and then inside the book in the bar just above the text page, click on
"view all" to see the pages and paragraphs where the word is located.
Google's "pay to read" program is called "Google Edition." You set up your
for-sale book and google charges readers to see the whole book and passes
some along to you. Amazon has a program to sell your books on Kindle where
you can also get paid to sell an electronic version of the book to be read
on their bookreader. Both of these methods can be used by self-publishers
who don't want to have the book printed or want extra options. The
Pay-to-read money from google is in addition to getting paid for people
clicking on advertisements google places on your book page margins. The ads
are related to content of the book/page.
Russ Hanson
Sterling Eureka and Laketown Historical Society Polk County in the Scenic
St. Croix River Valley