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Can't I just search the last phrase on the last result page to get to the next page in the book?

by MarkMc 9y ago

taneq 9y ago
Pretty sure it limits you to a set number of pages from any given book per day or something. I'm sure with sufficient effort you could work around it but a casual user can't just work their way through a complete book.
- kelukelugames 9y ago
  If that's the case then maybe we can write a program that scrapes 1% of 100 books every day. After 100 days we will have 100 books!
  - coroxout 9y ago
    In my experience the books tend to have some pages which are always shown in the preview, some pages which appear never to be viewable in preview mode, and some pages which you may be able to preview if you have not reached your limit. So after 100 days you'll probably still have 100 incomplete books.
  - mseebach 9y ago
    At some point you could also just get the book from the library and scan/photograph and OCR it.
    - meitham 9y ago
      It's different. When doing something as your described in a public library, you're clearly breaking the library rules while you're in their premises and can be caught, very different than having that being done by a software your ran from your home. The former also does not scale to be economically profitable, where the later can be hacked once and ran to scrape thousands of books, basically a mass reproduction of books illegally.
      - mseebach 9y ago
        1: I'd suggest you'd check out the book and bring it home with you and do the scanning at home. 2: This is not Google's first rodeo when it comes to scraping. I'd be surprised if you got more than a few days into the described process, so no, it certainly does not scale.
  - b4lancesh33t 9y ago
    No. There is a holdback set of pages that are never displayed. At least according to the lawsuit.
  - golfer 9y ago
    You can't just thumb through all the pages. It's search based, so you'd have to know what phrases to search for. Meaning, you'd need to have the book already. Google actually thought this through.
mirimir 9y ago
I've never had much luck with that :(
- amelius 9y ago
  Have you tried switching to a different browser? Or a different IP-address?
  - mirimir 9y ago
    No, I never cared enough. I could usually find what I wanted somewhere else. But then, I'm mainly talking about technical books.
Old_Thrashbarg 9y ago
I suppose you could also read a website through Google Search previews by putting the last few words of the current preview.

Can't I just search the last phrase on the last result page to get to the next page in the book?

by MarkMc 9y ago

Can't I just search the last phrase on the last result page to get to the next page in the book?

Pretty sure it limits you to a set number of pages from any given book per day or something. I'm sure with sufficient effort you could work around it but a casual user can't just work their way through a complete book.

kelukelugames 9y ago
If that's the case then maybe we can write a program that scrapes 1% of 100 books every day. After 100 days we will have 100 books!
- coroxout 9y ago
  In my experience the books tend to have some pages which are always shown in the preview, some pages which appear never to be viewable in preview mode, and some pages which you may be able to preview if you have not reached your limit. So after 100 days you'll probably still have 100 incomplete books.
- mseebach 9y ago
  At some point you could also just get the book from the library and scan/photograph and OCR it.
  - meitham 9y ago
    It's different. When doing something as your described in a public library, you're clearly breaking the library rules while you're in their premises and can be caught, very different than having that being done by a software your ran from your home. The former also does not scale to be economically profitable, where the later can be hacked once and ran to scrape thousands of books, basically a mass reproduction of books illegally.
    - mseebach 9y ago
      1: I'd suggest you'd check out the book and bring it home with you and do the scanning at home. 2: This is not Google's first rodeo when it comes to scraping. I'd be surprised if you got more than a few days into the described process, so no, it certainly does not scale.
- b4lancesh33t 9y ago
  No. There is a holdback set of pages that are never displayed. At least according to the lawsuit.
- golfer 9y ago
  You can't just thumb through all the pages. It's search based, so you'd have to know what phrases to search for. Meaning, you'd need to have the book already. Google actually thought this through.

mirimir 9y ago

I've never had much luck with that :(

amelius 9y ago
Have you tried switching to a different browser? Or a different IP-address?
- mirimir 9y ago
  No, I never cared enough. I could usually find what I wanted somewhere else. But then, I'm mainly talking about technical books.

Old_Thrashbarg 9y ago

I suppose you could also read a website through Google Search previews by putting the last few words of the current preview.