Google Tests Book Search

Taking a leaf from Amazon.com, Google has started letting people search text within books…(well, I hinted something similar and more in late last week).

The service, called Google Print Beta, lets Web surfers call up brief exerpts from books, critic reviews, bibliographic and author’s notes, and in some cases, a picture of the book jacket. Results pages also include links to where surfers can buy the book and related text ads from Google. Select publishers including Random House, Knopf Publishing Group, and Macfarlane, Walter & Ross are participating in the pilot program with Google.

NYT: Google executives have also discussed with university librarians the possibility of converting library collections into a digital format but they have declined to comment on any plans.

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