Google Books: PDF books now also available for download
If you want to download books from Google Books as PDF, this has been possible for some time. We'll show you how the download works.
Google Books: Download books as PDF
- The exploitation rights for a book usually belong to the respective publisher. In Germany, copyright applies to books for up to 70 years.
- After this time, everyone can publish the content of the book. This is what Google has done for around a million books.
- These are numerous older books and many classics, including works by Goethe. The offer is currently limited to books in English.
- If a book is available for download from Google Books, you will find a download button at the top right. The download then takes place in PDF format.
Directly download books from Google Books
- There are numerous books on Google Books, but mostly only excerpts. You can only view these excerpts in the browser, but you cannot download them.
- The free Google Books Downloader puts an end to this. With just a few clicks, you can download the available pages from Google Books as PDF.
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