对图书进行了5年的电子扫描后，谷歌(Google)终于首次进入了印刷出版业。
After five years of scanning books electronically, Google is finally entering the print publishing business for the first time.
谷歌昨日公布与浓缩咖啡印书机(Espresso Book Machine)制造者On Demand Books签署了一项协议。通过这项安排，谷歌将供应200万册版权过期图书，这些图书可以在图书馆、大学及其它地点购买或发货。浓缩咖啡印书机可以在5分钟内印刷出一本300页厚的图书，包括封面和书脊。
Through an arrangement with a printing company unveiled yesterday, Google will offer 2m out-of-copyright books that can be picked up or shipped from libraries, universities and other spots around the world. It has struck the deal with On Demand Books, makers of the Espresso Book Machine that can print a 300-page book in less than five minutes, complete with a cover and a bound edge.
这些书的标价可能在8美元左右，其中谷歌留1美元，On Demand Books留1美元，零售商留3美元。剩下的3美元是材料和人力成本。
The editions are likely to cost about $8, with Google keeping a dollar, On Demand Books keeping a dollar and the retailer keeping $3. The remaining $3 should cover the cost of materials and labour.
谷歌发言人詹妮•约翰逊(Jennie Johnson)表示：“谷歌的使命是让世界上的书变得更容易获取。”
“Google's mission is to make the world's books more available,” said Jennie Johnson, spokeswoman for the internet search leader.
此次结盟所选时机，是为了帮助谷歌证明其在图书方面的广泛举措能给公众带来好处。这些举措包括图书内容搜索和拟议就一起版权集体诉讼案达成的法律和解。
The alliance is timed to help Google demonstrate the public benefit to its broader initiative in books, which includes text searches and a proposed legal settlement of a class-action copyright case.
这一有争议的和解正在等待纽约法院的批准，它遭到了美国反垄断机构以及亚马逊(Amazon)、微软(Microsoft)和雅虎(Yahoo)的攻击。预计美国司法部(Justice Department)在定于今日向法庭提交的文件中，将会提供更多有关其反对意见的细节.
That controversial settlement is awaiting court approval in New York and has drawn fire from US antitrust authorities as well as Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo. The Justice Department is expected to provide more detail on its opposition in papers due in court today.
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