Books online: Google vs. Amazon

The German news website Heise describes the fierce rivalry between Google and Amazon regarding the search for books. Google launched its own (beta) version of Amazon's "Inside the book" search. As always its goal is everything else but modest: "Our mission is to provide access to all the world's information and make it universally useful and accessible" (from the FAQ of Google Print). If you want to see what this content looks like, try this Google search: inurl:print.google.com site:google.com . (For Andi)