Google Books!
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Google Books is a service from Google that allow users to conduct searches throughout the full text of books that Google scans, converts to text using optical character recognition, and stores in its digital database.
When relevant to a user's keyword search, up to three results from the Google Books index are displayed above search results in the Google Web Search service (google.com). A user may also search just for books at the dedicated Google Books service. Clicking a result from Google Books opens an interface in which the user may view pages from the book as well as content-related advertisements and links to the publisher's website and booksellers. Through a variety of access limitations and security measures, some based on user-tracking, Google limits the number of viewable pages and attempts to prevent page printing and text copying of material under copyright.
Google Books are becoming more popular as its database continues to grow.By March 2007, Google had digitized one million books, according to The New York Times at an estimated cost of USD 5 million and by October 9, 2009, Google announced that the number of scanned books is over ten million!
Google has its own "Google Books Library Project" which is an enhanced card catalog of the world's books. Google is working with several major libraries to include their collections in Google Books and, like a card catalog, show users information about the book, and in many cases, a few snippets - a few sentences to display the search term in context.
When you click on a search result for a book from the Library Project, you'll see basic bibliographic information about the book, and in many cases, a few snippets – a few sentences showing your search term in context. If the book is out of copyright, you’ll be able to view and download the entire book. In all cases, you'll see links directing you to online bookstores where you can buy the book and libraries where you can borrow it.
According to Google, The Library Project's aim is simple: make it easier for people to find relevant books – specifically, books they wouldn't find any other way such as those that are out of print – while carefully respecting authors' and publishers' copyrights. Our ultimate goal is to work with publishers and libraries to create a comprehensive, searchable, virtual card catalog of all books in all languages that helps users discover new books and publishers discover new readers.
I hope this was interesting information for you guys! As i LOVE reading books, Google books is something which after some time may make it a hundred time more easier to find the books I want.
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