Microsoft announced on Friday that it is teaming up with the British Library to digitize 25 million pages of content for its MSN Book Search.
Microsoft's partnership with the British Library, which expands its efforts to digitize books and make them searchable, comes at time when the number of competitors and controversy over bringing books online is on the rise.
Google, for example, reiterated on Thursday that it plans to resume with its controversial practice of digitizing copyright books, requiring those who oppose to opt out of the program. And on Thursday, Amazon.com and Random House announced separate plans to digitize books and sell access to the content.
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