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Google Betas Google Print

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the print-on-demand dept.

Chronic Infection writes "Google is beta testing a book search service called Google Print. Here is a list of books included to date." Quick spot checking turned up excerpts like this one for The DaVinci Code, a great book if you haven't read it.

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  1. Re:Page rank in books? by MoonFog · · Score: 4, Informative

    On Google Print pages, we provide links to some popular book sellers that may offer the full versions of these publications for sale.

    Seems that they do not link to the books directly, but to retailers. From this page

  2. Here's how to print Amazon's book search by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Not really related to Google directly, but still useful. In a user .css file (you can specify it in IE's accessibility options or Opera, or use userContent.css in your Mozilla/Firebird profile chrome directory): .readerImage {
    display: inline !important;
    }

    That's it. Really simple.

  3. Re:Page rank in books? by FartingTowels · · Score: 5, Informative
    There are hyperlinks in books and are called references. Also, in most cases, information in books is not designed to skew potential search logic, so search can be performed at face value - by keywords (like in old good search engines).

    BTW, I wonder when will the first "sex sex sex porn porn porn hot hot hot big big big" book show up?

  4. A list of the all the books... by GeekLife.com · · Score: 4, Informative

    is available with a particularly phrased Google search.

  5. Has anyone read The DaVinci Code? by herrvinny · · Score: 4, Informative

    I have, and really, it's not that great of a book. What makes it a bestseller is that it provides new insights into the Catholic Church, and, in the course of the fiction story, weaves in a good nonfiction tale.

    It really is fascinating reading, like proclaiming that the Holy Grail, long thought to be a chalice (see Monty Python and the Holy Grail) is actually the remains of Mary Magdalene, and the quest to find her remains and to pray by them. It also says that with Mary's remains, there are boxes of old documents with proof that the Church was involved in a conspiracy, made Mary out as whore when really she might have been Jesus's wife.

    IMHO, I think this book was designed as a nonfiction book first (the story of Mary, etc) and then the fiction part was made up, so to help burn away the ire of the Catholic Church. I hear this book caused quite a stir in the Vatican. The thing that might have saved it was probably that it was styled as a fiction book.

    If you want to read some interesting insights into the Catholic Church, read this book. If you're looking for a good fiction title, forget it. You're better off acquiring a copy of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen or something else from the classics.