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Google Book Search becomes more comprehensive
May 17, 2007
Posted by Adam Mathes, Product Manager, Book Search
Google Book Search
allows you to instantly search the full text of over a million digitized books, but we thought that wasn't quite enough. Now when you search you'll get both digitized book results as well as records for millions of other books that still just exist in the analog world.
When you view these new added book records, you can often read reviews, a summary, or see what other people had to say about the book around the web. Since these books haven't been digitally indexed yet, you can't preview the text online, but if you've discovered something great, we offer links to buy the book or
find it in a library near you
.
We're doing this because we want to offer users the most comprehensive book search in the world - whether it's a book you can
read online now
,
preview samples
,
see a few snippets
, or just read what
others have written
about the book. We're still very busy digitizing millions more books, but want to make as much discoverable as possible today.
To find out more, check out our post on
Inside Google Book Search
.
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