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Posted by Ryan Sands, Google Book Search Support TeamSuppose you’re searching on Google for books about, oh, say, the design of electrical installations. You see links pop up showing book results from Google Book Search. It looks like you’ve found the …

Posted by Adam Langley, Software EngineerWe’ve often highlighted oldies but goodies on this blog — Aesop’s fables, Shakespeare’s plays, Richardson’s novels — so we’re thrilled to share the news that starting today, you can freely download, print and …

Posted by Arielle Reinstein, Associate Product Marketing ManagerWe’ve heard from book lovers and Google Book Search fans looking for a way to give their websites the power of Book Search. Now you can do it — just by copying and pasting a few simple li…

Posted by Venu Vemula, Software EngineerThe universe of books is much larger than most of us can imagine, but the book you need might be right in your local library. That’s why we’re excited to announce the launch of a new Google Book Search feature ai…

Posted by Josh Mendelsohn, Program ManagerThere are book lovers everywhere at Google, not just on the Book Search team. In fact, a diverse group of Googlers — from engineering, product management, marketing, operations and recruiting — regularly volu…

Posted by Ruchira Datta, Software EngineerWe recently shared an email from a hard-working graduate student who told us about how she’s using Google Book Search for research. The story brought me back to my own grad school days, when I first became acqu…

Posted by Jen Grant, Product Marketing ManagerWhen I was a little girl, I used to watch Star Trek (the original) with my parents. Sometimes, when asked if I’m a trekkie, I say “I was born of trekkies” — although, to be honest, I’m actually a big…

Posted by Jen Grant, Product Marketing ManagerI’m one of those people who turns to books in times of stress. When my first child was born, I read a dozen books on every possible parenting challenge — teething, crying, sleeping, diaper rash, etc., etc….

Posted by Dan Abbe, Book Search Support TeamGoogle Book Search presents an exciting possibility for researchers of every kind: since each page of each book has its own unique URL, it’s easy to share direct citations to individual pages.Not long ago we …

Posted by Laura DeBonis, Library Partnerships DirectorI’m very happy to share some tremendous news: today we announced our partnership with the University of California libraries to digitize books in their collections and make them discoverable in Goog…

Posted by Adam Mathes, Associate Product ManagerA Hare once made fun of a Tortoise.”What a slow way you have!” he said. “How you creep along!”"Do I?” said the Tortoise. “Try a race with me, and I will beat you.”"You only say that for fun.” said the Har…

Posted by Arielle Reinstein, Associate Product Marketing ManagerOne hundred and thirty years ago today, gunfighter Wild Bill was famously murdered by Crooked Nose Jack. That might sound like an episode of Deadwood — the fourth episode of the first sea…

Posted by Bethany Poole, Product Marketing ManagerI’m brand new at Google, so I’ve been digging around on our site, exploring everything I can click on. Yesterday, I was talking with a few colleagues about the parallel universe hidden inside Google Boo…

Posted by Theresa Rij, Book Search Support TeamWe get email, lots and lots of email. And we love it all. It’s especially exciting when we receive an email that tells a story about a time in someone’s life when finding the right book has such a positive…

Posted by Rie Hirabaru, Associate Marketing ManagerNovels are like fingerprints: they may share the same basic pattern, but each one is unique – especially if you consider the infinite variety of ways they can affect people. I’m a huge fan of Paul Au…