14 DAY TRIAL // Google designed Book Search as a service meant to allow users from all around the world to search for books, authors or certain publications. The solution provides you multiple ways to buy the book or borrow it so it's quite useful if you're looking for a new title for your library. Book Search was updated several times with new features meant to attract even more clients but it seems like the search giant adopted another strategy to improve the solution.
Some time ago, Google started to make interesting partnerships with universities and libraries from all around the world to expand their offers and the books information they provide as well as covers and authors details. Today, the search giant published a blog post to announce a new agreement with the Princeton University that will bring more detailed content for the Book Search service.
"Today, I'm excited to announce that we have a new partner in the Google Book Search Library Project: Princeton University. Over the next several years we will work with Princeton to identify approximately one million public domain works to digitize from their library system, which consists of the Harvey S. Firestone Memorial Library and thirteen special libraries located around the campus. Because the books being digitized with Princeton are out of copyright, readers will be able to view their full text online, download them for leisure reading or research, or print them for later reference," Jodi Healy, Library Partnerships Team, sustained in a blog post posted on the official page.
Google's decision to make partnerships with libraries from all around the world is quite useful because it will allow you to find information quick and easy using a single and accessible service. Probably, one of the most useful functions of the product would be a Google Checkout interoperability to allow you to buy books or publications from every corner of the world.