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2 kottke.org posts about Google Books

 

Spy magazine on Google Books

Google has put every issue of the influential Spy magazine up on Google Books to read for free. (via kbandersen)

Google's page turners

This is page 471 of The Anglo-American Telegraphic Code book (previously mentioned here).

Google Books Fingers

Looks like the scanner caught one of Google's pink-fingered elves at work. A quick search reveals several other such errors.

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