Article: Bowker's Global Books In Print(TM) Named Database of Record for Microsoft's Live Search Books Online Search Service.

Company to Provide Data that Will Enhance Descriptive Information about Books Digitized in Ambitious Microsoft Project

NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J. -- Bowker, the global leader in bibliographic information management, today announced that its Global Books In Print database has been selected by Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) to provide the basic and value-added data that will enhance descriptions of books incorporated in the new Live Search Books search service from Microsoft.

Live Search Books, which was released in beta form by Microsoft in December, is part of an ambitious project by Microsoft to scan millions of books and index them for online searching. The search ...

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