+ Google Book Search Adds My Library, Popular Passages, Embedded Quotes & More (via Search Engine Land)
Some cool stuff. In addition to Barry Schwartz’s post, Gary has added some comments to this post about other full text book services both free and fee-based offering both new and out of copyright materials. He also offers a brief overview of the Shakespeare Digital Library.
Btw, Dave Mattison’s collection of Digital Libraries by topic is outstanding.
UPDATE: Another Article About E-Books from the NY Times but no mention of NetLibary, eBrary, etc.

+++ Amazon.com now offers a simple “cursor over” feature that makes finding reviews easier. This might not only be of interest to info pros but would make for a useful web feature to show at demos. Here’s an example:
1) Search, browse and find a book. Then, go to it’s Amazon.com entry page.
Example: The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman.
2) Directly below the bibliographic info look for a stars and the total number of reviews
3) Place your cursor on the stars image and a pop-up box will appear.
4) In that box look for user reviews broken down by stars (1-5) and then hyperlinked. Simply click the desired star rating and go directly to the reviews.
5) Since this specific book offers “Search Inside,” a lot of data about the book is available. From Key Phrases to a Concordance to Readability Indices to Words per Dollar.

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