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Amazon Launches Full Text Book Search

Posted by Hemos on from the looking-through-it-all dept.

m00nun1t writes "Amazon have launched a new service that allows you to search the full text of books. This sounds like an incredibly useful function as well as technically impressive at this scale. I wonder if a patent is in the works." Or if a patent is already owned.

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  1. Yeah, but.. by michaelhood · · Score: 4, Funny

    can you do it with one click?

  2. It works!!! by jabbadabbadoo · · Score: 5, Funny
    1) I typed 'porn'
    2) It returned a lot of results

    Conclusion: It works!!!

    1. Re:It works!!! by The+Ancients · · Score: 1, Funny
      Conclusion: It works!!!

      Follow on conclusion: You won't...

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  3. In othr news by philipdl71 · · Score: 2, Funny

    The editors of the world reknowned Slashdot has recently proven to the wrld that they are unable to correct small spelling mistackes and grammar issues.

  4. no more staying awake! by rushibhai · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now I can cut+paste my homeworks! yay!

  5. One click search. by burtonator · · Score: 3, Funny

    In other news... Amazon announced that the USPTO has granted them a patent on their proprietary "one click search" technology.

    When questioned for comment Google CEO Eric Schmidt said "ug".

  6. New age youth by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Youth in the old days: lookup 'vagina' in a dictionary.
    Youth nowadays: lookup 'vagina' in all books on this planet.

  7. Re:abuse by Stalker_reklatS · · Score: 2, Funny

    uhm, you must log-in with credit card data... ...will pirates risk so much for a book?

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  8. Re:Amazon... by hdparm · · Score: 2, Funny

    Don't know but your search for relivent will return zero results every time.

  9. Now we just need... by s88 · · Score: 4, Funny

    A full text search of slashdot, so the editors can search for duplicate articles before they post.

    Scott

  10. Why..This would be like searching through the LOC! by op00to · · Score: 3, Funny

    What a feat of computing genius! Using computers to search through large bodies of text!!!! Has ANYONE ever done this before?!

  11. Re:Those crazy Brits by fiannaFailMan · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well at least they don't refer to a liquid as 'gas' like the Americans do when talking about petrol.

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