Tuesday, November 25, 2008

On the Internet there is more demand for content in Spanish that offer


The Internet revolution look to the publishing industry. Can download complete works at a single stroke of mouse is already a reality thanks to the comprehensive search tool Google Book. An area in which Spanish is a secondary role, with only 5% of the offer. Luis Collado, head of books most widely used search engine, believes that growth will be gradual.
- What is Google Book Search?
-This is an idea that emerged on the margins of writers and publishers and has necessarily ended up with them. It incorporates a search system for organizing information from around the world on the books in a way that is much more affordable and easier to know a book that can present difficulties for being phased out or only available in certain libraries.
- How many books can now be accessed from this search engine?
Currently, there are seven million books that can be searched and found through our system. Digitized books can be read, download or print.
- What is the biggest breakthrough?
-The important thing is a total change of concept in the search, because not only are seeking the title or author. Any search is reflected in its entirety. For example, if I say I'm looking for a book on the "Paleolithic in Castile and Leon, 'not only appears that book in particular, but also reflected in another book on page 193 is a reference to that matter.
- What role have publications in Spanish in this system?
-The search for books in Spanish in Google already are a quarter of the total. However, we offer digitized books do not reach the 5%. There is a problem between supply and demand of Spanish on the Internet.
- What are the main searches for books on Google?
There are all sorts of topics, there is a pattern that highlight. There are a lot of literature but also of scientific books, consultation or genuine rarities.
-This will not be digitize books, but is already thinking about writing for the Web?
-Users will have to define the issue. For me, playing a book a Sunday afternoon and spend your pages do not change anything, but surely my son will study and read books only on the Internet.
- What is the position of Spanish in cyberspace?
There are some uncompensated because we found many more people looking for content on the Internet in Spanish that people doing things for mainstream content. And that has to reflect in many areas, because it shows that many people see it as very useful.
- What options can offer Internet to the teaching of Spanish and its dissemination?
-Huge. The important thing is that the Internet has broken completely with the picture above. Anyone in the most remote and a phone line can make any kind of thing which needed to move soon. It also has a very large potential for the spread of Spanish and for learning.

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