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MOUNTAINVIEW, Calif., Aug 30, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) -- U.S. search engine Google is allowing users to download classic books no longer under copyright in "print ready" format, free of charge.
A partnership between Google and major universities and institutions -- including Oxford, Harvard, Stanford, University of California and the New York Public Library -- will put books online in a searchable format to aid students, the BBC reported.
The book search tool will allow people to print classics such as "Dante's Inferno" instead of having to read the text on the screen.
Google is attempting to offer a completely new range of services, including permitting companies the option of running their e-mail, calendar and other services on their own domains. That would put Google in direct competition with Microsoft, the BBC said.
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