[LINK] What does Google Books allow you to download?

Marghanita da Cruz marghanita at ramin.com.au
Mon Sep 11 16:13:55 AEST 2006


Graham Greenleaf wrote:
> Linkers,
> 
> As of early this month, Google Books allows downloading of image PDFs of 
> some books in the public domain. I can't figure out what policy 
> determines which such books you can download, and which you can only 
> view as 'Full view books'. But it is only a sub-set.
> 
> Nothing on About Google Books explains this, and comments on the web are 
> all along the lines of  "Google Inc. plans to begin letting consumers 
> download and print free of charge classic novels and many other, more 
> obscure books that are in the public domain." - none explain why some 
> and not others.
> 
> Can anyone shed any light on this?
<snip>

text below is 
from<http://books.google.com/intl/en/googlebooks/screenshots.html#fullview>

> No Preview Available  |  Snippet View  |  Limited Preview  |  Full View
> 
> No Preview Available
> 
> Like a card catalog, you're able to see basic information about the book. However, you'll also be able to know if your search term appears anywhere in the book's text, even if it's not in the title or index.
> 
> Snippet View
> 
> The Snippet View, like a card catalog, shows information about the book plus a few snippets – a few sentences of your search term in context.
> 
> Limited Preview
> 
> If the publisher or author has given us permission, users can see a limited number of pages from the book. 
> Full  View
> 
> You can see books in the Full View if the book is out of copyright, or if the publisher or author has asked to make the book fully viewable. The Full View allows you to view any page from the book. 

This book is worth a read and also available on google books...
at 
<http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0521534267&id=EGwWmEjL6hoC&pg=PA3&lpg=PR7&vq=one+tell&sig=9Na51SsU_kEJfqHjbIfJ3qlhGWI>

> Corporate Collapse: Accounting, Regulatory and Ethical Failure
> By Frank Clarke, Graeme Dean, Kyle Oliver 
.... 		
> Page displayed by permission.
> Published by Cambridge University Press

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Marghanita da Cruz
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