Google Book Search Goes Mobile
ReadWriteWeb — ... If you spend time on the mobile web, you know there's certainly no shortage of content already available on our phones. What if you're on the run and get a hankering for some classic literature though? Enter the just released Google Book Search Mobile at ...

Google Books Mobile and More
Google Blogoscoped — ... Google announced they launched a mobile version of Google Book Search. You can test it on your desktop browser, too. According to Google, over 1.5 million public domain books are included in the app. ...

Google Optimizes Book Search for Mobile
WebProNews Feed — ... Google has launched a long overdue mobile version of Book Search for the iPhone and Android. This includes access to over 1.5 million mobile public domain books. Books on this version have been optimized to be read on small screens, which is not the easiest thing in the world to do. A post by the Google Book Search Mobile Team ...

Google Book Search: Seriously, iPhones are eBook readers
VentureBeat — ... Like reading on your mobile phone? Well, Google just added 1.5 million books to your library, with the launch of a new mobile site that optimizes the text of Book Search’s public domain (i.e., non-copyrighted) texts for reading on your iPhone or Android device. ...

1.5 million books in your pocket
SuperSite Blog — ... While these books were already available on Google Book Search, these new mobile editions are optimized to be read on a small screen. To try it out and start reading, open up your web browser in your iPhone or Android phone and go to http://books.google.com/m. ...

Google opens mobile access to public-domain books
MAKE Magazine — ... While these books were already available on Google Book Search, these new mobile editions are optimized to be read on a small screen. To try it out and start reading, open up your web browser in your iphone or android phone and go to http://books.google.com/m. ...

Google Book Search brings 1.5 million free books to mobile browsers
Obsessable News Feed — ... Right now Google advertises Book Search's iPhone and Android compatibility, but we're hoping it officially supports more smartphones soon. Some users have tried it on Symbian platforms and reported they couldn't get it working. If you just want a quick peek, you can even access it from your computer's web browser, even though the site's optimized for mobile devices and their screens. Check it out at books.google.com/m. ...

Google Boosts E-Reader Status of Smartphones with Mobile Book Search
Wired: Epicenter — ... Google has taken a small but important step both for expanding the reach of its massive library and supporting smartphones as a viable e-book platform with Thursday's release of a mobile-friendly version of its Book Search service. ...

Google Just Added 1.5 Million Books to your Phone [jkOnTheRun]
GigaOM Network — ... . Basically, if you can get to http://books.google.com/m on your phone’s browser, you’ve got access to all of these titles. Bear in mind that public domain titles aren’t going to include many modern books, but with 1.5 million choices, there has to be something for everyone. ...

Google releases Books browser for iPhone
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... linkup to Webscription.net -- but it is awesome, and completely free. To check it out, you just need to visit http://books.google.com/m on your iPhone or iPod touch (and you might as well bookmark it, because you never know when you'll want to read a little Shakespeare or Dickens). ...

Google puts 1.5 million books in your pocket
SolSie.com — ... the mobile version of Google Book Search, opening up over 1.5 million mobile public domain books in the US (and over half a million outside the US) for you to read. Google optimizes the books for small display of mobile devices. Starting today you can use the mobile browser in your iphone or Android phone and go to http://books.google.com/m for a test drive. [image] Leave a comment Name (required) E-mail (required) URI Your Comment Notify me of followup comments via e-mail

Google Book Search Mobile Edition launches
T3.com All — ... classics for a reason and all are optimised for mobile phones, particularly the iPhone and Android handsets, using something called Optical Character Recognition (OCR). Put simply, it means the text now flows better on your phone. Unfortunately, the tranfer process isn't perfect as yet, so expect the odd character or page to be lost in the process. Let's hope it isn't the last page of a whodunnit. Get the Google Book Search Mobile Edition for your phone now via the link below. Link: Google Book Search Mobile Edition Related links: [image] ...

Google makes 1.5 million books available on mobile, free
Tech Digest — ... , but now they're available on mobile too. If you point your iPhone or Android browser towards http://books.google.com/m, then you'll find mobile-optimised versions of the books which display text, rather than the digital images provided on the non-mobile edition. I should admit, too, that the headline's slightly misleading - 1.5 million books are available in the USA, with just half a million of those available outside the US. That's a shame, but almost certainly due to copyright issues - books in the public domain in the USA may well not be in the rest of the world. ...

Read Google Books on Your iPhone
Wired: Gadget Lab — ... the mobile web app sends bandwidth-friendly plain text. The only catch is that the books are all public domain, which means that most of them are older titles. Also, if you are on an iPod Touch you'll have to make sure you're in Wi-Fi range. Still, it is at least another way to read books on the iPhone, something which we love to do. What we really need, of course, is for Apple to build some e-reader software and sell books at the iTunes Store. Pretty please, Apple? Product page [Google via Andy Ihnatko] See Also: ...

Google Makes iPhone the New eBook Reader: Watch Out Kindle
Today @ PC World — ... yesterday mobile editions of its entire book collection. Google used Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology to transform the scanned book pages into screen friendly text for iPhones and T-Mobile G1s. To access Google Mobile Book Search, just point your mobile phone browser to http://books.google.com/m . ...

Google Book Search Mobile for iPhone puts 1.5 million books in your pocket
MacDailyNews — ... but we'll continue to make enhancements to our OCR and book structure extraction technologies. With this launch, we believe that we've taken an important step toward more universal access to books," Google's team explains. "If you do bump into some rough patches where the text seems, well, weird, well, you can just tap on the text to see the original page image for that section of text. Happy mobile reading!" To try it out and start reading, fire up Safari on your iPhone and go to http://books.google.com/m . [Attribution: PC World. Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Carl H" for ...

Google Puts Free Books on iPhones, Androids [Books]
Lifehacker — [image] Google has opened up its entire archive of 1.5 million books to mobile iPhone and Android browsers, and converted all their page scans to text for much easier reading. The works, almost all in the public domain realm, can be accessed by heading to books.google.com/m in an Android or iPhone/ ...

Google brings books to Android, iPhone. Boasts about its OCR tech
Unwired View — ... You can check out how good it all works by visiting the mobile Google Book Search website from your iPhone or Android handset. ...

Google Makes 1.5 Million Books Available For iPhone, Android Phones
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — ... in a statement at the time. "Today, together with the authors, publishers, and libraries, we have been able to make a great leap in this endeavor. While this agreement is a real win-win for all of us, the real victors are all the readers. The tremendous wealth of knowledge that lies within the books of the world will now be at their fingertips." That wealth of knowledge, at least some of it, is now accessible through a Web browser running on an iPhone or Android phone at http://books.google.com/m .

Google Makes 1.5 Million Books Available For iPhone, Android Phones
TechWeb — ... in a statement at the time. "Today, together with the authors, publishers, and libraries, we have been able to make a great leap in this endeavor. While this agreement is a real win-win for all of us, the real victors are all the readers. The tremendous wealth of knowledge that lies within the books of the world will now be at their fingertips." That wealth of knowledge, at least some of it, is now accessible through a Web browser running on an iPhone or Android phone at http://books.google.com/m .

Google Book Search Goes Mobile
ChannelWeb Complete Feed — ... for its library of nearly 1.5 million public domain books that have been scanned into the archive. "We are excited to announce the launch of a mobile version of Google Book Search, opening up over 1.5 million mobile public domain books in the U.S. (and over half a million outside the U.S.) for you to browse while buying your postage," wrote the Book Search Mobile team on the blog. To access Google Book Search on a mobile device, such as a T-1 Android phone or Apple iPhone, plug http://books.google.com/m into a mobile browser and start reading. The books, incidentally, ...

Google Book Search Goes Mobile
The Channel Wire — ... for its library of nearly 1.5 million public domain books that have been scanned into the archive. "We are excited to announce the launch of a mobile version of Google Book Search, opening up over 1.5 million mobile public domain books in the U.S. (and over half a million outside the U.S.) for you to browse while buying your postage," wrote the Book Search Mobile team on the blog. To access Google Book Search on a mobile device, such as a T-1 Android phone or Apple iPhone, plug http://books.google.com/m into a mobile browser and start reading. The books, incidentally, ...

Google Turns G1 into a Kindle of Sorts
AndroidGuys — ... Point your web browser to http://books.google.com/m and get started!  For more information on the OCR software and how it was used, ...

Google Book Search Mobile Client Available for iPhone and Android
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — ... To access mobile access for Google Book Search from your G1 or iPhone, simply hit up http://books.google.com/m from  your device. The search is formatted and optimized for your device, and it looks great. I just checked it out and did a few searches from my iPhone, and it gets two thumbs up. Although all of the books available are public domain and have been around for quite a while, this is still one heck of a valuable resource. ...

Google Unveils iPhone Books Browser
AppScout — ... , and you can't read eReader files with it either. But you can't beat the price—or the content, for that matter. To check it out, head over to books.google.com/m from your iPhone or iPod Touch in Safari. ...

Google Makes 1.5 Million Books Available to iPhone and Android
Phone Scoop - Latest News — ... iPhone and Android posted Today, 10:49 AM by Eric M. Zeman Google has created a mobile web site that allows users of the iPhone and HTC G1 to search for and read 1.5 million public domain books. The books can be read directly from the phones' browsers. Many of the classics, such as those written by Mark Twain, Charles Dickens and many others, are included. Users simply go to the Google Books web site (link below) and begin searching. The books are free. more info at Google more info 4 comments on this news item Related news: AOL Reformats Web For Phone ...

Google Books Now Optimized for the iPhone
GGiPhone.com — ... All you have to do to get to Google Books is visit http://books.google.com/m on your iPhone. Once there, you can search away and start reading to your heart’s content. ...

Google Book Search Goes Mobile
Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim — ... I wonder how difficult it is to add books to mobile phones and on Amazon for that matter. (I’m working on an ebook project). This has got to be the way that ebooks sales go, it’s such a natural fit to make ebooks portable the same way Google is making print books digital. Point your phone to  http://books.google.com/m and browse the selection. ...

Google Book Search for iPhone
iPhone Buzz — ... composed of page images made by digitizing physical copies of books. These page images work well when viewed from a computer, but prove unwieldy when viewed on a phone's small screen. Our solution to make these books accessible is to extract the text from the page images so it can flow on your mobile browser just like any other web page. This extraction process is known as Optical Character Recognition (or OCR for short). Just point your mobile browser to http://books.google.com/m. Happy mobile  reading! [via Google Mobile Blog]

Google Book Search for iPhone
Top iPhone News — ... of page images made by digitizing physical copies of books. These page images work well when viewed from a computer, but prove unwieldy when viewed on a phone’s small screen. Our solution to make these books accessible is to extract the text from the page images so it can flow on your mobile browser just like any other web page. This extraction process is known as Optical Character Recognition (or OCR for short). Just point your mobile browser to http://books.google.com/m. Happy mobile  reading! [via Google Mobile Blog] ...

Google Launches Free e-Book Reader
The Inquisitr » Technology — ... is available for all iPhone and Android-based device users. All you have to do is navigate over to books.google.com/m, and you can browse through subjects or search for specific authors or titles. Already, more than 1.5 million books are available. ...

Google Makes iPhone the New eBook Reader: Watch Out Kindle
Macworld — ... yesterday mobile editions of its entire book collection. Google used Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology to transform the scanned book pages into screen friendly text for iPhones and T-Mobile G1s. To access Google Mobile Book Search, just point your mobile phone browser to http://books.google.com/m . Book Search for PCs displays scanned images of pages and Google openly admits the OCR technology used to make these pages small screen-friendly can have drawbacks. "Smudges on the physical books' pages, fancy fonts, old fonts, torn pages, etc. can all lead to errors in ...

Google Books for iPhone adds 1.5 million reading choices to iPhone/iPod touch
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — ... Over 1.5 million public domain books in the US (and over half a million outside the US) are now available for perusing on iPhone and Android devices. Just go to books.google.com/m in your mobile browser. You can search for a title, author, or subject. Or you can browse the list of "Featured books" and various categories like business and economics, the classics, science and math, travel, and more. Once you've picked out a book or two, you can easily get back to your selections by clicking on the "Recently viewed books" under the "My ...

Google offers 1.5 million public domain books for your mobile phone
Download Squad — Filed under: Internet, Google, MobileGoogle has been scanning books for the last couple of years for the company's Book Search portal. Well over a million of those books are in the public domain, which means that Google can legally make the full text available online without running into any copyright issues. And this week the company upped the game by creating a mobile portal which basically means you can read any of those books on your computer or mobile phone. The new Book Search mobile portal is optimized for touchscreen ...

Google books iPhone-friendly; Amazon Kindle books next?
AppleInsider — ... Published: 12:00 AM EST Google has made its online catalog of books available in an iPhone-optimized web viewer -- but Amazon is dropping hints it will expand its previously exclusive Kindle e-books to support other mobile devices. On Friday, Google launched a mobile Google Book Search with finger-ready navigation for iPhone and iPod touch devices as well as handsets using its own Android mobile operating system. The move gives iPhone owners access to about 1.5 million books available in the US (and about 500,000 international books) in the public domain either through ...

Google Books now optimized for iPhone (Exclusive to iPhoneWorld.ca)
iPhoneWorld.ca iPhone News Headlines — ... users access to Google Books’ selection via an optimized interface. iPhone optimized Google Book Search features over 1.5 million mobile public domain books in the US (and over half a million outside the US) for you to browse and read. All these eBooks were scanned from actual book pages by Google staff, using Optical Character Recognition (or OCR for short), and then formatted for iPhone’s screen resolution. google books iphone To access Google Books on your iPhone, proceed to http://books.google.com/m . NEW FEATURE! Please report spelling errors to us: Care to rate this ...

Google Competes With Kindle, Kindle 2
Android Phone Fans — ... the original version of any section of text should you think there is a discrepancy (or maybe just curious) and this wasn’t shown in the above video. Its interesting how Google converted original texts and it isn’t a perfect method. You can actually view any section of text from the original document if you think there is a discrepency (or if you’re curious) and this was not shown in the video above. Check out Google’s Blog Post for more or visit http://books.google.com/m from your Android device to try it yourself. [Via Google

More Ebooks Available for the iPhone/iPod touch
TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us — ... less useful than an actual iPhone app that would let you read when you're on a plane, unable to pick up 3G wireless data service, or using an iPod touch out of range of a Wi-Fi network. For that, one of the ebook apps in the App Store would be better. I wouldn't be surprised to see either Google or another company figuring out how to make books from Google Book Search available offline in the future as well. To visit Google Book Search from your iPhone or iPod touch, go to http://books.google.com/m. Safari Books Online -- Coinciding with ...

What's New for iPhone
Google Mac Blog — ... Google Book Search Over 1.5 million public domain books in the US (and over half a million outside the US) are now available for perusing on your iPhone.  You can search for a title, author, or subject. Or you can browse the list of "Featured books" and various categories like business, the classics, travel, and more. Learn more on the Google Book Search blog or start reading at http://books.google.com/m. ...

The iPod Touch as an econo e-book reader: Too late for $169 deal, but look for others
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — ... to transfer the ePubs to your Touch. You can also read a mobile version of Google Search, as long as you have a steady WiFi connection to use with your Touch. ...

How to Download PDF ebooks Free from PDF Search Engine
Official Windows Magazine | Home — ... . Input the book name, author name or the keywords in search bar, click Search Books then you may find the list of the book you are looking for. 2. Not all of the books in the list are free, but you can filter the paid books. From the Showing drop down box, choose Full view only. The full view only books can be read or downloaded for free. [image] 3. After you find the book, download it or view it online, or add to your library for further use. Google Books for mobile is now available for Android and iPhone users. Google also offers more than 500,000 ebooks for free on Sony ...

Sites that look fantastic on Nokia touch devices
Nokia Conversations - Posts — ... other mobile browsers to separate pages. So I’ve scoured the net in search of sites that really make the most of Nokia touch devices, such as the N97 and 5800. Of course most sites look really great on the big screen of a N97, and nowadays most major websites have mobile-optimized versions. But the sites below have something special for touch devices – have a look… (and if you know of anymore, please shoot a comment below!) Google Books – One million free books online + Big widescreen mobile device = An awesome ...