Google May Jump In On Book Text Search

A few days after Amazon debuted its book text search feature comes the news that Google is making the rounds of publishers as well, hoping to convince them to turn over book content that could be used in Google’s database.

“How that content would be presented is not clear, but it would likely not be provided in excerpted passages to customers, as it is on Amazon. Instead, the material would go into a database that Google spiders would comb, then turning up relevant links. If a user clicks through, they would be sent to a separate page that contains a book abstract and the opportunity to buy the title. Who would actually be responsible for the sale would be a decision presumably left to the publisher.”

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