Google providing non-copyrighted classic books for download on Google Book Search

Search engine giant Google is now providing classical books for download on their Google Book Search web site.

However, only those works are being provided which are no longer under copyright. These books can be downloaded and printed for later viewing.

Users are a result can read these books as per their convenience. Google said in a release on this new facility: “Users can search and read these books on Google Book Search like always, but now they can also download and print them to enjoy at their own pace. We do not enable downloading of any books under copyright.”

For copyrighted material, the company just provides basic information and snippets of text along with information regarding where to get the books.