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Google's Library Up and Running
An anonymous reader writes "It seems that Google Print results are beginning to appear on searches. For
those who don't know, Google has been scanning from libraries from some of the world's
greatest universities in order to compile a freely accessible online library. An easy way to turn up these results is to simply type "book", and then
whatever you want to search for.
For instance, book origin of species will turn up the
full text of Charles Darwin's controversial treatise. 20,000
leagues, Oliver Twist and Pride and
Prejudice and m o r e are all there in full.
It'll be interestin to see how publishers deal with this if demand for these
books declines. In the meantime, would anyone like to point out any good books?" Hopefully, Google can also start to index some books that are being released in the Creative Commons/alternative open licenses.
"If you purchased this book without a cover, you should be aware this book is stolen property."
Google, you theives!
So they've got Origin of Species, but not the Bible? I predict that the Kansas education board will shortly ban Google from all state schools.
-Stephen
Sounds like they need the "if you found this cover without a book" notice.
I'm not good in groups. It's difficult to work in a group when you're omnipotent. - Q
A book about AutoCAD??? RTFM.
word.
Did a search for book cthulhu and one of the books listed was this one. Funniest networking book I have ever seen.
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Try replying to the parent next time. That wasn't my post.
It was one of the first books I checked for and amazingly "bible" and "the bible" do not yeild the desired results either.
That's what Christians get for naming their authoritative religious work "The Bible." All of you looking to start a new religion take note. Bad titles for your religious text include: The Book, The Writing, The Text, and The Bound Stack of Paper.
P.S. The number of older texts that include the word "bible" is similar to the number of contemporary works that include the word "book."
Any story where the main characters suffer because they are in love with each other and eventually kill themselves in the end is great reading for kids of all ages.