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How can Google Book Search help me?
Google Book Search helps you gain more exposure for your books and reach users around the world. Read about how these authors and book publishers use Google Book Search to make their books and businesses more successful.
Author Success Stories
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Author Richard Lowry has gained visibility and sales
After spending 12 years writing his first book, Richard Lowry was pleased to learn his POD publisher promoted its titles through Google Book Search. On the strength of the visibility this book gained, Lowry received contracts for two more - and he's glad that his new publishers are also Google Book Search partners.
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Book Publisher Success Stories
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World's oldest publisher stays at the cutting edge with Google Book Search
Cambridge University Press reaches widest possible audience through Google Book Search. Read more | Download PDF |
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Springer Sees Record Backlist Sales with Google Book Search
Leading STM publisher sees record backlist sales with help from Google Book Search. Read more |
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Cutting-edge Classicists get boost from Google Book Search
With 1,000 titles in 24 languages, Danish academic publisher Museum Tusculanum finds Google Book Search an innovative solution for marketing a huge variety of backlist titles. Read more | Download PDF |
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Ediciones RIALP: 100% of titles viewed on Google Book Search
Spanish Humanities publisher sees all their titles viewed and 90% experience "Buy this Book" clicks on Google Book Search. Read more | Download PDF |
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The SERRE Group triples its web traffic as Google Book Search increases the visbility of its niche titles
French publishing group SERRE sees hits on their website go through the roof with customers from Google Book Search. Read more | Download PDF |
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Walter de Gruyter/Mouton–De Gruyter looks to reach an international audience through Google Book Search
Page views translate to "Buy this book" clicks for respected German scholarly publisher. Read more | Download PDF |
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Brill's backlist increases visibility and sees new sales on Google Book Search
International publisher Brill achieves worldwide visibility for thousands of books on Google Book Search, with three million pageviews in the first year alone. Read more | Download PDF |
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The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) increases e-commerce sales by 60%
After adding books in multiple languages to Google Book Search, the IDB sees online sales rise and receives an order for 600 copies of a backlist title. Read more | Download PDF |
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Upper Access, Inc. gains exposure, expands customer base and jumpstarts backlist sales
A small publisher with a limited budget for marketing gains new customers and sales for backlist titles without spending money on advertising. Read more | Download PDF |
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Idea Group Inc. gains exposure, increases web traffic and quadruples ad revenue
After partnering with Google in both Google Scholar and Google Book Search, technology publisher Idea Group Inc. sees a fourfold increase in page views and ad revenue. Read more | Download PDF |
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Latin American publisher Grupo Editorial Norma drives global traffic to its website and increases sales without marketing investment
In four months, Grupo Editorial Norma receives more than four million page visits and 31,000 clicks on its book purchase links, significantly increasing sales without making an additional investment in advertising. Read more | Download PDF |
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Osprey Publishing gains visibility and traffic on the web, useful market information, new customers and sales
As a publisher of authoritative books on war and warfare, Osprey targets military history enthusiasts and the broader audience of readers with an active or spontaneous interest in the history of war. Google Book Search enables Osprey to connect directly with anyone searching for the highly specialized information contained in its books. Read more | Download PDF |
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Penn State Press sees more traffic, more sales and greater margins
By converting backlist inventory into POD books and listing them on Google Book Search, Penn State Press saw new readers buy direct because they discovered titles the Press would not have marketed otherwise. Read more | Download PDF |
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Crossway Books gains significant exposure for its entire catalog
Through Google Book Search, Crossway has increased visibility for a 400+ title catalog, and readers learn about more titles of interest to them. Read more | Download PDF |
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