Google Book Search is Bringing Up Old Stuff too
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Sez LibraryJournal.com:
Google Book Search has just unveiled two innovations: one provides links to Worldcat.org and international library catalogs, while the other allows users to download out-of-copyright books. So far reviews from librarians have been mixed. Downloadable access seems to be hit or miss, with no real pattern for finding which books are available.
This was news on the Google Book Search blog right at the end of August - here’s a quote if you missed it (of if you didn’t know they HAD a blog):
You’ll find everything from classic novels to ancient philosophical texts, to any number of practical or creative works that have entered the public domain since the earliest days of the printed word.
To easily locate public domain titles you can download in full, simply select the “Full view” radio button on Google Book Search, then click the new “Download” button that now appears on out-of-copyright titles.
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Its too bad you cant see the entire book through google, that would be tight.
That would be mad tight. But some folks would abuse it, you know? Ruining it for the rest of us! *shakes fist*
As a librarian I can say we have a love/hate relationship with Google. There are some really old books that are available full text. I wrote about it at Squidoo.
I really like the idea of being able to get out of copyright books.