ok - so thanks to paolo for letting me know, but google is working with the libraries of Harvard, Stanford, the University of Michigan, and the University of Oxford to scan their collections...
go here to see what I mean...
due to copyrights and what not - most searches will only display a portion of the book - so you won't be able to read the book cover to cover online...
UNLESS... the copyright was not renewed or the book was written prior to 1923...
after looking up stuff about copyrights I found that all books published prior to 1923 are public domain (in the US - I don't know what that means for foriegn books, but I know that I can read and search through through the looking glass and what alice found there online - want to read about the jabberwocky - search for it, want to know about the tweedle dee - google it...)
in any case, you can do search for complete books and then browse through or search through an individual book.
seriously - it's AMAZING...
once they are finished it will be even more amazing.
unless you don't care about books, then it's probably not such a big deal for you...
if the book's copyright is still in force, they will tell you where you can find the book in a library or they will link you to a place where you can buy it...
the project will be on going but apparently it was announced in december 2004... but check it out...
pretty sweet.
Monday, February 13, 2006
google books
posted @ 15:04 by ryan in [ Tidbits... ]
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