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Google Offers Free Book Downloads


Out-of-copyright books have been available for reading online through Book Search. The new feature makes it possible for people to store books on their computers and make copies.


By Antone Gonsalves
TechWeb

Aug 30, 2006 03:38 PM

Google on Wednesday started offering free downloads of out-of-copyright books from its library partners, which include Harvard, the New York Public Library and the University of California.

The complete work of such classics as Dante's "Inferno" and Isaac Newton's "Principia" are available in PDF format through Google Book Search.

http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=192500520

-- Edited by History at 06:15, 2006-08-31

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