Googlified

Google’s Book Search service has introduced several new features today, including My Library and embeddable book clips.  To add a book to your online collection on Google Book My Library, just click on the corresponding “Add to my library” link on the result page or on the “About this book” page. Or you can import a list of books by entering their ISBN numbers in the “Import books” utility. Since your library is public and you can export it in XML format, it’s possible (and damn easy) to create a gadget (and the alike) for your blog/website. :)

The second feature, embeddable book clips, allows users to select text/image from public domain books and share them without all those screen-capturing hassle. To use the feature, just click on the  button, click-and-drag over the region of text you want to share, then you will be asked how would you like to embed the clip.

Other new features are view/add reviews and view popular passages from the book.

Wow, they have been working!