Google has announced that it is launching a new set of free Google Book Search tools “that allow retailers, publishers, and anyone with a web site to embed books from the Google Book Search index.”
Google Book Search, which already partners with publishers and libraries, give users the opportunity to search online and view a preview of a book if it’s out of copyright, or the publisher has given Google permission.
The new tools enable sites to embed books from the Google Book Search index, allowing them to display full-text search results from Book Search, and integrate with social features such as ratings and reviews:
“Ultimately, we believe that these tools and partnerships further our quest to make books more discoverable on the Web, from your Google search results to your favorite bookstores, publisher and author websites, online library catalogues, and social networks.”