Saturday, February 11, 2006

MSN Search announces MSN Book Search

MSN is working with the Open Content Alliance to bring millions of publicly available print materials worldwide to the Web.
2005 —MSN Search today announced its intention to launch MSN® Book Search, which will support MSN Search’s efforts to help people find exactly what they’re looking for on the Web, including the content from books, academic materials, periodicals and other print resources. MSN Search intends to launch an initial beta of this offering next year. MSN also intends to join the Open Content Alliance (OCA) and work with the organization to scan and digitize publicly available print materials, as well as work with copyright owners to legally scan protected materials.

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