#googlebooks — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #googlebooks, aggregated by home.social.
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🌎 Why 1960s Geoscience Classics Still Matter in Data Science
Data without domain expertise is noise. It’s easy to get caught up in R or ML, but foundational science drives true insight.
I'm revisiting N.M. Strakhov's masterpiece "Principles of Lithogenesis" (1960-62, translated 1967). Springer’s 2014 digital reprint (Google Books) proves its value. Over 60 years later, his systematic approach to sedimentary environments and geochemistry remains highly relevant.
❓ Why this matters for spatial analytics:
🔹 Ground-Truthing: You can't model watershed contamination, mine waters, or deposits via desktop sowtware alone if you ignore baseline lithological and geochemical laws.
🔹 Feature Engineering: The best domain features come from understanding physical processes—like how basins and geochemical barriers function.❗ Tools change, but physical laws are timeless. Understanding both turns raw data into actionable insights.
#Geology #Geochemistry #DataScience #SpatialAnalysis #Springer #GoogleBooks #Lithogenesis
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🌎 Why 1960s Geoscience Classics Still Matter in Data Science
Data without domain expertise is noise. It’s easy to get caught up in R or ML, but foundational science drives true insight.
I'm revisiting N.M. Strakhov's masterpiece "Principles of Lithogenesis" (1960-62, translated 1967). Springer’s 2014 digital reprint (Google Books) proves its value. Over 60 years later, his systematic approach to sedimentary environments and geochemistry remains highly relevant.
❓ Why this matters for spatial analytics:
🔹 Ground-Truthing: You can't model watershed contamination, mine waters, or deposits via desktop sowtware alone if you ignore baseline lithological and geochemical laws.
🔹 Feature Engineering: The best domain features come from understanding physical processes—like how basins and geochemical barriers function.❗ Tools change, but physical laws are timeless. Understanding both turns raw data into actionable insights.
#Geology #Geochemistry #DataScience #SpatialAnalysis #Springer #GoogleBooks #Lithogenesis
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Google Books (or similar) all book scans – $200k bounty
https://software.annas-archive.gl/AnnaArchivist/annas-archive/-/work_items/234
#HackerNews #GoogleBooks #bounty200k #bookscans #openaccess #digitalarchive
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Google Books (or similar) all book scans – $200k bounty
https://software.annas-archive.gl/AnnaArchivist/annas-archive/-/work_items/234
#HackerNews #GoogleBooks #bounty200k #bookscans #openaccess #digitalarchive
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How to add Google News, Google Books, and Google Scholar search directly in your browser, to search those sites with fewer steps, and less chance of being distracted.
One of my hobbies is contributing to Wikipedia, and more so, creating new Wikipedia articles. Citations of reliable sources are key to both good contributions, and new articles, especially in making them stick (not get reverted/deleted).
I use Google News to search for citations, and depending on the topic, sometimes Google Books and Google Scholar.
Unfortunately, to search Google News, you have to first go to Google News (news.google .com - deliberately unlinked here), upon which you are immediately shown distracting (if not dire) news photos, headlines etc. which present a non-trivial challenge to staying focused.
If only there was a way to directly search Google News from your browser search box / address bar (like you can search Wikipedia from your browser).
Unfortunately, there is no site-specific search option for Google News (like there is for YouTube, e.g. see https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-or-remove-search-engine-firefox#w_add-search-engines) that you can select an add to your browser in one click (enabled by OpenSearch support, link in footer).
This is another technology I use for category 2 (defending focus) that I mentioned in my previous post on focus.
Steps to add a Google News search option to Firefox:
1. open Firefox Preferences ("Firefox" menu, "Preferences" item)
2. select "🔍 Search" from the left column
3. scroll down to "Search Shortcuts"
4. click the "Add" button under the list of search engines which opens a dialog
5. enter "Google News" into the Search engine name field (without quotes)
6. enter "https://news.google.com/search?q=%s" into the URL field (without quotes)
7. enter "gn" into the Keyword field (without quotes)
The dialog should look like this:
8. click (Add Engine)
Now you can go to your address bar, type in "gn " (without the quotes), your news search term or phrase, e.g. "Broken Arrow Skyrace", and press return to directly see search results.
Similarly for Google Books, follow the same steps except:
5. enter "Google Books" into the Search engine name field (without quotes)
6. enter "https://books.google.com/books?q=%s" into the URL field (without quotes)
7. enter "gb" into the Keyword field (without quotes)
And similarly for Google Scholar:
5. enter "Google Scholar" into the Search engine name field (without quotes)
6. enter "https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%s" into the URL field (without quotes)
7. enter "gs" into the Keyword field (without quotes)
Thanks to folks in the #indieweb informal chat who reminded me (when I complained about the distracting Google News home page) of this way to add new site-specific search capabilities to the browser even for sites (or subsites) without explicit OpenSearch support.
Looking forward to using these capabilities to more quickly find citations for updating and creating new Wikipedia articles.
Previously:
* https://tantek.com/2026/158/t2/three-insights-improving-focus
* https://tantek.com/2024/287/t2/setup-search-shortcuts-firefox
OpenSearch FYI:
* https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/XML/Guides/OpenSearch
#focus #Wikipedia #Firefox #GoogleNews #GoogleBooks #GoogleScholar #search #siteSearch #AddSearchEngine #searchEngine #searchEngines #OpenSearch #webSearch #SearchShortcuts #browserTip #FirefoxTip #searchTip -
How to add Google News, Google Books, and Google Scholar search directly in your browser, to search those sites with fewer steps, and less chance of being distracted.
One of my hobbies is contributing to Wikipedia, and more so, creating new Wikipedia articles. Citations of reliable sources are key to both good contributions, and new articles, especially in making them stick (not get reverted/deleted).
I use Google News to search for citations, and depending on the topic, sometimes Google Books and Google Scholar.
Unfortunately, to search Google News, you have to first go to Google News (news.google .com - deliberately unlinked here), upon which you are immediately shown distracting (if not dire) news photos, headlines etc. which present a non-trivial challenge to staying focused.
If only there was a way to directly search Google News from your browser search box / address bar (like you can search Wikipedia from your browser).
Unfortunately, there is no site-specific search option for Google News (like there is for YouTube, e.g. see https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-or-remove-search-engine-firefox#w_add-search-engines) that you can select an add to your browser in one click (enabled by OpenSearch support, link in footer).
This is another technology I use for category 2 (defending focus) that I mentioned in my previous post on focus.
Steps to add a Google News search option to Firefox:
1. open Firefox Preferences ("Firefox" menu, "Preferences" item)
2. select "🔍 Search" from the left column
3. scroll down to "Search Shortcuts"
4. click the "Add" button under the list of search engines which opens a dialog
5. enter "Google News" into the Search engine name field (without quotes)
6. enter "https://news.google.com/search?q=%s" into the URL field (without quotes)
7. enter "gn" into the Keyword field (without quotes)
The dialog should look like this:
8. click (Add Engine)
Now you can go to your address bar, type in "gn " (without the quotes), your news search term or phrase, e.g. "Broken Arrow Skyrace", and press return to directly see search results.
Similarly for Google Books, follow the same steps except:
5. enter "Google Books" into the Search engine name field (without quotes)
6. enter "https://books.google.com/books?q=%s" into the URL field (without quotes)
7. enter "gb" into the Keyword field (without quotes)
And similarly for Google Scholar:
5. enter "Google Scholar" into the Search engine name field (without quotes)
6. enter "https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%s" into the URL field (without quotes)
7. enter "gs" into the Keyword field (without quotes)
Thanks to folks in the #indieweb informal chat who reminded me (when I complained about the distracting Google News home page) of this way to add new site-specific search capabilities to the browser even for sites (or subsites) without explicit OpenSearch support.
Looking forward to using these capabilities to more quickly find citations for updating and creating new Wikipedia articles.
Previously:
* https://tantek.com/2026/158/t2/three-insights-improving-focus
* https://tantek.com/2024/287/t2/setup-search-shortcuts-firefox
OpenSearch FYI:
* https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/XML/Guides/OpenSearch
#focus #Wikipedia #Firefox #GoogleNews #GoogleBooks #GoogleScholar #search #siteSearch #AddSearchEngine #searchEngine #searchEngines #OpenSearch #webSearch #SearchShortcuts #browserTip #FirefoxTip #searchTip -
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https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/infotech.html#93#Googlebooks are the first anti-personal computers -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/infotech.html#77#Automated stem cell-derived organoid platforms for -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/business.html#43E-gate access to be expanded at #UK airports to include -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/uk.html#1Former #Indian army chief backs RSS leader's call for -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/world-capitals.html#IslamabadView all news from Cities in the US https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/2026/03/latest-news-from-cities-in-united-states.html
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Ohio University: Ohio University Libraries to join Google Books Library Project. “The Google Books Library Project, which has significantly contributed to the digital corpus of 40 million books in over 500 languages, identified several hundred thousand books held by Ohio University Libraries that are not yet in their collection.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/13/ohio-university-ohio-university-libraries-to-join-google-books-library-project/ -
Ohio University: Ohio University Libraries to join Google Books Library Project. “The Google Books Library Project, which has significantly contributed to the digital corpus of 40 million books in over 500 languages, identified several hundred thousand books held by Ohio University Libraries that are not yet in their collection.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/13/ohio-university-ohio-university-libraries-to-join-google-books-library-project/ -
‼️THE UNTOUCHABLE — now on sale‼️
From 04–09 September, get your copy at a special price on Amazon, Apple Books, Kobo, Google Books & Barnes & Noble.
🚀 A captivating interstellar tale.
💔 A journey through ambition, passion, and deception.
🔥 At a price you simply can’t resist.👉 https://books2read.com/u/4A2N2N
#theuntouchable #gjkrefft #nietykalna #NextChapterPub #BookSale #BookPromo #Books #SciFi #AmReading #BookRecommendation #Amazon #AppleBooks #Kobo #GoogleBooks #BarnesandNoble #writersofmastodon
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‼️THE UNTOUCHABLE — now on sale‼️
From 04–09 September, get your copy at a special price on Amazon, Apple Books, Kobo, Google Books & Barnes & Noble.
🚀 A captivating interstellar tale.
💔 A journey through ambition, passion, and deception.
🔥 At a price you simply can’t resist.👉 https://books2read.com/u/4A2N2N
#theuntouchable #gjkrefft #nietykalna #NextChapterPub #BookSale #BookPromo #Books #SciFi #AmReading #BookRecommendation #Amazon #AppleBooks #Kobo #GoogleBooks #BarnesandNoble #writersofmastodon
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‼️THE UNTOUCHABLE — now on sale‼️
From 04–09 September, get your copy at a special price on Amazon, Apple Books, Kobo, Google Books & Barnes & Noble.
🚀 A captivating interstellar tale.
💔 A journey through ambition, passion, and deception.
🔥 At a price you simply can’t resist.👉 https://books2read.com/u/4A2N2N
#theuntouchable #gjkrefft #nietykalna #NextChapterPub #BookSale #BookPromo #Books #SciFi #AmReading #BookRecommendation #Amazon #AppleBooks #Kobo #GoogleBooks #BarnesandNoble #writersofmastodon
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‼️THE UNTOUCHABLE — now on sale‼️
From 04–09 September, get your copy at a special price on Amazon, Apple Books, Kobo, Google Books & Barnes & Noble.
🚀 A captivating interstellar tale.
💔 A journey through ambition, passion, and deception.
🔥 At a price you simply can’t resist.👉 https://books2read.com/u/4A2N2N
#theuntouchable #gjkrefft #nietykalna #NextChapterPub #BookSale #BookPromo #Books #SciFi #AmReading #BookRecommendation #Amazon #AppleBooks #Kobo #GoogleBooks #BarnesandNoble #writersofmastodon
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Anthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI models - On Monday, court documents revealed that AI company Anthropi... - https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/anthropic-destroyed-millions-of-print-books-to-build-its-ai-models/ #internetarchive #machinelearning #aidevelopment #bookscanning #legalrulings #trainingdata #aicompanies #googlebooks #airesearch #aitraining #anthropic #copyright #aiethics #scanning #fairuse #biz #policy #claude #ailaw #ai
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Anthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI models - On Monday, court documents revealed that AI company Anthropi... - https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/anthropic-destroyed-millions-of-print-books-to-build-its-ai-models/ #internetarchive #machinelearning #aidevelopment #bookscanning #legalrulings #trainingdata #aicompanies #googlebooks #airesearch #aitraining #anthropic #copyright #aiethics #scanning #fairuse #biz #policy #claude #ailaw #ai
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#Google Books Is Indexing #AI-Generated Books
👉 #GoogleBooks is indexing low quality, AI-generated books that will turn up in search results, and could possibly impact Google #Ngram viewer, an important tool used by researchers to track #language use throughout history.
#GoogleNgram #NgramViewer #linguistics #diachrony #diachroniclinguistics #research #languages #aigeneratedcontent #AIgeneratedBooks
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#Google Books Is Indexing #AI-Generated Books
👉 #GoogleBooks is indexing low quality, AI-generated books that will turn up in search results, and could possibly impact Google #Ngram viewer, an important tool used by researchers to track #language use throughout history.
#GoogleNgram #NgramViewer #linguistics #diachrony #diachroniclinguistics #research #languages #aigeneratedcontent #AIgeneratedBooks
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#Google Books Is Indexing #AI-Generated Books
👉 #GoogleBooks is indexing low quality, AI-generated books that will turn up in search results, and could possibly impact Google #Ngram viewer, an important tool used by researchers to track #language use throughout history.
#GoogleNgram #NgramViewer #linguistics #diachrony #diachroniclinguistics #research #languages #aigeneratedcontent #AIgeneratedBooks
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#Google Books Is Indexing #AI-Generated Books
👉 #GoogleBooks is indexing low quality, AI-generated books that will turn up in search results, and could possibly impact Google #Ngram viewer, an important tool used by researchers to track #language use throughout history.
#GoogleNgram #NgramViewer #linguistics #diachrony #diachroniclinguistics #research #languages #aigeneratedcontent #AIgeneratedBooks
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#Google Books Is Indexing #AI-Generated Books
👉 #GoogleBooks is indexing low quality, AI-generated books that will turn up in search results, and could possibly impact Google #Ngram viewer, an important tool used by researchers to track #language use throughout history.
#GoogleNgram #NgramViewer #linguistics #diachrony #diachroniclinguistics #research #languages #aigeneratedcontent #AIgeneratedBooks
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Of course I'm pleased that my book has achieved public existence, but the metadata gods have somehow managed to attribute it to @chrissie
#book #monograph #jamesjoyce #metadata #publishing #googlebooks
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#DEVONthink is a good place to build a digital book collection. If you are a user of the Pro or Server edition, you can add custom metadata to your #ebooks from the millions of books available in #GoogleBooks with a script. Here is, how to do that. #tuesdaytip #workflow #automation #paperless #ebook https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20230328-google-books-metadata?utm_content=bufferd09e2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
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#DEVONthink is a good place to build a digital book collection. If you are a user of the Pro or Server edition, you can add custom metadata to your #ebooks from the millions of books available in #GoogleBooks with a script. Here is, how to do that. #tuesdaytip #workflow #automation #paperless #ebook https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20230328-google-books-metadata?utm_content=bufferd09e2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
