A interesting essay. Given there was a bit much introductory praise, I'll excerpt the crux of his criticism:
"In short, complaining about the quality of Google’s scans distracts us from a much larger problem with Google Books. The real problem - especially for those in the digital humanities but increasingly for many others - is that Google Books is only open in the read-a-book-in-my-pajamas way."
He also comments on the conspicuous absence of Google Books on their Data Liberation Front page.
"In short, complaining about the quality of Google’s scans distracts us from a much larger problem with Google Books. The real problem - especially for those in the digital humanities but increasingly for many others - is that Google Books is only open in the read-a-book-in-my-pajamas way."
He also comments on the conspicuous absence of Google Books on their Data Liberation Front page.