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

[Jeremy Dunck]

On 8/30/06, Leslie Johnston <johnston at virginia.edu> wrote:
> 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 ...

How to find books you can download:
http://books.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=44664&query=full%20view&topic=&type=