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Google Books facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts

Google Books is a website run by Google. It lets you search and browse books and magazines that have been scanned in. The text of the books has been made searchable using optical character recognition (OCR). The site has been known under different names including Google Print and Google Book Search. It was announced and launched in 2004.

In 2005, book publishers sued Google for "massive copyright infringement" for scanning books without permission. Google claimed that this was fair use. Google has been sued in a number of countries over copyright issues related to Google Books.

Images for kids

  • Hand of Google

    A hand scanned in a Google book

  • Google Book Search - notice board at michigan university library

    Notice about the project at Michigan University Library

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Google Libros para niños

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