BBC NEWS Google ’offering book excerpts’ Internet search engine Google has begun publishing the opening chapters of books and book reviews as part of "an experiment", according to a report. It is working with publishers to provide indexed versions of texts for web surfers, The New York Times said.
US-based Google reportedly described the project - known as Google Print - as a test version and said it was not yet generating any revenue.
Online retailer Amazon.com offers a similar facility with 120,000 books.