Google+Books

What is Google Books?
Google Books is a internet service provided by Google that searches the full text of books which have been scanned onto the system using Optical Character Recognition programs. It allows the user to preview millions of books world wide from libraries and publishers.

Find an example of a book on Google Books that has a preview (you can see part of the book). How is the storage and retrieval of this book different from a non-computer or paper book?
The storage and retrieval of books from this website is different from paper based books as you are provided with the option to type in the key words or title of the book you wish to read making it easier to find specific sections. It is also much faster than having to flick through a hard copy to find a specific section and there is no need to travel to a shop or library to gain access as the book can be viewed from a computer in your own home or anywhere in the world. Google books also allows the user to read a detailed or simple synopsis of the book to allow the reader to know what it is about. They can see reviews from others who have read the book to see the opinions of others around the world, assisting to decide whether they want to read the book or not. This is another feature which is not available for a printed paper book.

THe following is an example of the whole book stored on Google Books that contains scanned images of the hard copy: click here