‘Google Opens 8 Book Search Sites in Europe’

“This will further alienate book publishers: Google has begun operating local-language sites in eight European countries for its Google Print program, its closely watched effort to make all of the world’s books searchable online, expanding into territories where it has drawn fierce criticism. The country sites: France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium and Spain.” – PaidContent.com summary based on New York Times piece. When will publishers understand the value of the traffic that the search engines can send their way? Those eight countries should pay Google to localize Google Print.