We have seen theuncounted waysyou can use Google Search.
Now, takeGoogle Booksfor instance.
Google Books is a Google service that makes discovering book content easier for us on the web.
The ongoing Partner Program and theLibrary Projectare helping to rocket things along.
But Google Books does not allow you to download whole books unless it’s in the Public Domain.
It also does not display the entire text of other books.
What’s the point of using google books, you might say?
Plenty, if you might " exploit' the information that’s freely available.
Just think, there are more than a million books in the Public Domain alone.
Google Books allows you to read an entire book that’s out of copyright inFull View.
Then for some books you’re free to flip a few selected pages to have aLimited Preview.
Looking at the contents of an index for a particular book, gives me some ideas for further reading.
Also, think of your bookshelf on Google Books as a reading list for lifelong learning.
From casual reading toserious research, the snippets of information are like untapped wealth.
Here’s how someone did it with asimple barcode scanner.
Your Very Own Magazine Stand
Of late, Google Books has started cataloging magazine too.
Unlike books, each magazine in Google Books is fully viewable.
Here’show to read complete magazines online in Google Books.
The date range search is useful when searching for magazines and periodicals.
Reminder:you could now search for books directly from theSearch Optionspanel on the new Google search page.
Share Your Library with Others
you could mark your bookshelves asPublicand share it with others.
The library’s URL can be sent to friends or posted on blogs.
you’re able to even export your bookshelf as an XML file and share the exported file.
you could jump straight to that part with a click.
Going over toRelated Booksalso helps to understand the different angles to a specific topic.
A third party app calledGoogle Book Downloaderfor Windows can download full view/limited view books, and magazines too.
Though it is no longer under active development, you might download Google Book Downloader from here.
Downloading via this app does take some patience.
Mac users have their ownGoogle Book Downloader for the Macalso available for download.
She stumbled on a forgotten knitting technique.
For me, it could be something as mysterious as UFOs.
A Google Books search gives me a lot of limited previews and snippet views.
I can take it up from there.
I am sure you have your own ideas for using Google Books too.
There are some features that I haven’t covered.
Definitely, Google Books deserve another post.
For now, let us know how useful do you find this exhaustive Google service.
