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

[Roy Tennant]

On 8/30/06 8:46 AM, "Jeremy Dunck" <jdunck at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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&t
> opic=&type=

But like many things Google says, both in person and in print, the
information provided there is not accurate -- or at minimum what they say is
not the full story. Despite what they lead you to believe, not all "full
view" books have a PDF available for downloading. All you have to do is try
it out and see.
Roy