Google Books project found that there are 129,864,880 different books ever written. Google aims to scan every book in existence, expecting it to take 10 years and digitize around 4 billion pages and 2 trillion words. However, Google faced copyright infringement lawsuits in 2005.
If you wanted to find out how many different books have ever been written, you’d probably start with a Google search. In 2010, the tech company found the answer. According to Leonid Taycher, a software engineer at Google working on the Google Books project, that number is 129,864,880. The search began with the ISBN cataloging system, but many more programmable searches were needed to get a more accurate count.
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Paperback and hardcover editions of a text counted as two books, because different versions often contain additional prefaces and commentaries.
Google’s goal is to scan every book in existence, and the online giant expects it to take about 10 years. In all, they hope to digitize around 4 billion pages and 2 trillion words.
In 2005, the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers filed class action lawsuits, alleging that Google is infringing on copyrights.
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