Google has announced several new features and improvements in Google Book Search.


Google Book Search allows you to search for literary works, some of which you can then view in full. However, the issue of copyright has been a problem for Google in this particular project, meaning that many search results consist purely of bibliographic information about the text.


Changes include the ability to zoom in and out on text and images, and a general tidying up of the interface.


"We've tried to tidy up the clutter to leave as much room as possible for what's important — the book," said Nathan Naze, a software engineer at Google.

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