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October 6, 2004
We talk a lot about our mission to "organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful," and we think we've made a reasonable start on corraling the information that's roaming around the web. Unfortunately a lot of very useful information is not online, and books, journals and other forms of printed communication stubbornly refuse to spontaneously digitize themselves to make it easier for you to find them. So we've decided to help.
Google Print
is an ongoing initiative to scan printed material and put it online where it can show up in Google search results. We've expanded the program, and
we're now inviting publishers
to send us books that we'll scan and put online for free. There are many, many books out there, and the process of scanning takes time, but depending on your areas of interest, it's likely you'll soon be seeing more Google Print results when you use Google.
-- Adam M. Smith
Google Print product manager
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