Google+Books

Google Books!

10 million books!! In truth, that's 10 million books, maps, newspapers, and drawings Oh, and magazines have become available too!. Most of the books are no longer in print or commercially available. Google has scanned all of these books just for your viewing pleasure FOR FREE!

Books that are part of the public domain are available in their entirety, as far as I know. Books that are not part of the public domain, for example George Orwell's 1984 are available for limited preview.

Some of the collaborators in the Google are Stanford University, Harvard University, New York Public Library, Keio University, and Ghent University. Most of the publications are in English.

Google is one of those companies that has a knack for creating features that make it easy for users to customize their products to suit individual user's tastes and features that make using the very same product social.

Here's the **personal aspect** of Google. A user can sign in to create and manage personal bookshelves and reading lists.

Here's the **social aspect** of Google. Users can sign in to a Google Account to create, manage and share books with friends. Users can also see what others are reading.