Google gets into book sales [ars technica]

Heads up regarding on-line book sales [and possible accessibility issues]:

Google intends to begin selling the full text of books indexed via its Google Book Search in the near future. In a new entry on the Google Book Search Help Center, the search giant outlines how publishers will be able to sell online access to the contents of their books.

Users who discover a book they wish to purchase through Google Book Search will be able to pay for access to the full contents. The book will only be available to the user once they’ve signed in with their personal account, and will only be available through their browser. Users will not be able to save a copy on their computer nor copy pages from the book.

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