Looking Forward to Read from Goethe and Schiller Online On their journey towards digitization the Bavarian State Library and participating publishers cooperate with Google now to digitize copyright-(free) books and make them available through Google book search.

Besides famous German literature the library also comprehends books in Italian, French, Spanish, Latin and English language. I'm really excited about never before seen rarities.

The digitization will enrich Google's search index, offer a rich online experience for interested book lovers and represent a step forward in an open web-world respecting copyrighted books.

Of course there is also a commercial and non-commercial aspect resulting in sharing advertising revenue through a partner program established between Google and participating publishers. Publishers decide which books to exclude. In case of a copyrighted book just title author and a 'snippet' will be shown.

Interested buyers can click through and buy the book at the participating publisher. I remember something similar at another place another time...
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