Google Book Search service to digitize books

Google, in cooperation with the University of Texas, Austin, along with other partners, will soon introduce its Google Book Search service, allowing “internet surfers to view, browse and read the university’s public domain books, including books in the Libraries’ historic collections."

Also joining in its book search venture are University of Michigan, Harvard University, Stanford University, Oxford University and the New York Public Library.

According to reports, Google will digitize at least a million volumes from the University of Texas Libraries’ collections and will be fully searchable on line.

Google fully commits to observe copyright laws, rules and regulations. Books with copyright protection will be offered only with the author’s name, title, and an excerpt of relative text to lead users to the source of the books. Those who do not wish to have their books digitized will be excluded from the project.

In the meantime, news reports state that Google is currently working on a system that would give readers a chance to download entire books online. Jens Redmer, director of Google Book Search in Europe, was quoted saying Google is presently working on a platform that will allow publishers to give readers full access to a book online. The project plans to link readers to sites like Amazon if they will to buy an actual copy of the book, reports said.


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