[Web4lib] Google Allows Downloads of out-of-copyright Books

[Leslie Johnston]

All,

>Google is adding a feature to its Google Book Search service today 
>to allow PDF downloads of out-of-copyright books.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-of-out-of-copyright-books/

It's definitely not consistently available yet, but here's an example:

http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC18938030&id=HKackp-vG-YC&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&dq=abbott+flatland

Sometimes it's full view only, sometimes it's download only, and 
sometimes there are both options.  The service is launching today, so 
I don't know if this is a bug or a feature ...

Leslie

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Leslie Johnston
Head, Digital Access Services
University of Virginia Library
http://lib.virginia.edu/digital/
http://lib.virginia.edu/digital/das/
johnston at virginia.edu