Results from Google Books show up in both the universal Google Search and in the dedicated Google Books search website (books.google.com).
In response to search queries, Google Books allows users … See more

The Ngram Viewer is a service connected to Google Books that graphs the frequency of word usage across their book collection. The service is important for historians and linguists as it can provide an inside look into human culture through word use … See more

The Google Books Library Project is aimed at scanning and making searchable the collections of several major research libraries. Along with bibliographic information, … See more

The project began in 2002 under the codename Project Ocean. Google co-founder Larry Page had always had an interest in digitizing books. When he and Marissa Mayer began … See more

For each work, Google Books automatically generates an overview page. This page displays information extracted from the book—its … See more

The project has received criticism that its stated aim of preserving orphaned and out-of-print works is at risk due to scanned data having errors … See more

2002: A group of team members at Google officially launch the "secret 'books' project." Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page came up with the idea that later became Google … See more