Bubok, self-publishing service in English on the Internet, that in the five months he has been working edited 2,500 titles, has teamed up with the system of book search Google to facilitate consultation and dissemination of their works.
The agreement, filed today to the press by Angel Maria Herrera, general director of Bubok, and Luis Collado, head of Google Books, will allow any author to publish through the service said that his book can be consulted immediately in the famous search engine.
Bubok monthly published some 500 books, among which there are a number of novels, and thanks to this agreement, the authors will benefit from the advantages offered by the program to promote Google books. According
recalled Collado, Google has already scanned "more than a million books in a hundred languages," from "20,000 publishers around the world."
10 percent of those books written in English, is "the second most requested language" in the system of Google Book Search.
The first is English, as with everything related to Internet, said Collado.
Each book that is incorporated into Google has been previously scanned and indexed, and "only be limited browsing," At least 20 percent of each work, "because this form is very careful" with the rights of author and with the laws of each country.
"Google is just a window, a window. If someone wants the whole book, you provide the proper channels to purchase either paper or electronic format, "said Collado.
Bubok born to make possible the dream of publishing" and gives its users the option of choosing the characteristics of his books.
Google Books to benefit from the author must have its ISBN (the international standard book number) or edit Bubok under seal, said Herrera.
"There are many people who want to tell Bubok things and publish all kinds of works, from novels, self help books, even recipes Grandma's, magazines or competitions agendas, "said the CEO.
The Bubok only limitation is that the book in question does not contain" anything amoral or lawless, but Herrera acknowledged that are not read in full each work they publish, but merely the title and synopsis of each.
(EFE)
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