Google starts Book Search project · 2007-01-23 15:05
Google plans a project that would allow to download books to computers to be read online or on mobile devices, news.com.com reported.
The program would be part of Google’s Book Search project, which involves scanning and digitizing thousands of texts at libraries across the world. Although publishers and authors have charged it violates their copyrights.
According to the Times of London newspaper, after searching for and finding a snippet of text from a book online, consumers would be able to download the entire book.
“You may just want to rent a travel guide for the holiday or buy a chapter of a book. Ultimately, it will be the readers who decide how books are read,” said Jens Redmer, director of Google Book Search in Europe.
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