Google Print competitors

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See [1] for some details about NetLibrary and ebrary.

Internet Archive's free Text Archive

21 December, 2004 [2]

Amazon's Search Inside the Book

See also Search Inside The Book hacking.

A simple comparison of coverage at Google Print and Amazon's Search Inside the Book. Another comparision of the general features of Google's and Amazon's offerings.

A librarian's comparison of Google Print and Amazon, focusing on the effectiveness of their search algorithms. Suprisingly, it seems Amazon wins out!

A chunk copied from the SEW article above. Wikify at some point.

   * NetLibrary and ebrary. These services are often made available for free from public and university libraries. ebrary also offers services to individual researchers via ebrary Discover.
   * Project Gutenberg. The original online book site has been providing full text access to books since 1971.
   * The Million Books Project from the Internet Archive is also worth a look.
   * The National Academies provides searchable, full text access to thousands of their titles.
   * The Online Books Page at the University of Pennsylvania and the Digital Book Index provides access to thousands of full text books online.