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For each work, Google Books automatically generates an overview page. This page displays information extracted from the book—its publishing details, a high frequency word map, the table of contents—as well as secondary material, such as summaries, reader reviews (not readable in the mobile version of the website), and links to other relevant texts.
For free user, Google was able to show up to 20% of a copyrighted book via the snippet mode. Google could show ads on these pages and split the ad revenue with authors and publishers. A user could purchase access to a book, treated as an eBook, for a one-time cost. Institutions could acquire full access to all books for a subscription-based fee.
Google Play Books, formerly Google eBooks, is an ebook digital distribution service operated by Google, part of its Google Play product line. Users can purchase and download ebooks and audiobooks from Google Play , which offers over five million titles, with Google claiming it to be the "largest ebooks collection in the world".
An estimated 15% of GB links on Wikipedia are dead (404). An even larger percentage of the page previews no longer work and redirect to the "About this book" page. Google is not a library nor archive for long term preservation. Books can and do disappear at any time. Publishers can withdraw permissions to view book previews at any time.
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A statement in the article Palmyra was cited to content in an English-language work published in Japan, and available via Google Books' Snippet View. The claim itself isn't relevant here, and Snippet View search was sufficient to justify use of the material, which appeared on page 19.
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