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Google Book Downloader: Save Google Books as PDFs
Free utility that lets you download books in PDF form from Google Books
Google Books is a great place to browse for books, and most books have download links on their web pages, so why would you need a program? Google Book Downloader can do a few more things than the default download. Some features I like are:
- Saves books that are available in "Full View" as PDF files to your system
- Partially downloads any book from Google Books marked as 'Limited preview'
- Adds multiple books to a queue to convert all the downloaded books to a PDF file
- Access any book available only for the US using geolocation
Even though I live in the US and can access US only books, the best thing about the program is that it allows anyone outside the US to access those books using geolocation.
Do read the tutorials since queueing the books takes a few extra steps that aren't all that obvious. The geolocation tutorial has its own page and is short and easy to follow with plenty of screen shots.
Google Book Downloader can be downloaded as an installation file or a portable version.
The program installer is in .msi format - treat it as you would any program (.exe) file.
The portable version is in the .zip file.
You'll need Windows and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 to use it - if you don't have Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 there is a link to it on the home page.
Over and out,
Rhiannon
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This project is closed in October, 2009. Any tool for replacement?
Google Books can also be downloaded in EPUB format (see Download Over a Million Public Domain Books from Google Books in the Open EPUB Format at Inside Google Books). Sony's free eBook Library Software also acts as an EPUB reader, allowing you to read ebooks in either a Sony Reader Device or your computer. See this article at mashable for details or go direct to the Sony eBook Library Software site. Sony's eBook Library software runs on Mac and Windows.
This link might also be useful. It lists other tools that can do the same job. http://www.aboutonlinetips.com/google-books-downloader/
As a student, I think this is a wonderful find. I am constantly using Google books. The ability to use a tool like this is invaluable. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.
Glad to be of assistance. =)
It requires Microsoft.net Framework 3.5 SP1
downloading full books from the service is a violation of their terms of service, whatch out for nasty surprises
I don't know what nasty surprises you mean. I am a student and use Google books regularly for research. In the past I have taken screenshots of the pages I want to refer to. All this program does is allow me to put the available pages (because many of the pages are not available to read)into PDF format. I really don't see much of a difference, except in ease of access. It just means I don't have to be logged on to the internet to access the book I am using - which is very handy as I live somewhere with a really unreliable internet service. The pages that Google has rendered blank remain blank. I can't really see how offline usage is that much different to using Google books online. Their protected bits remain protected. And their service remains well used. A win-win situation for all, the way I see it.
It's rubbish
We're sorry...
... but your query looks similar to automated requests from a computer virus or spyware application. To protect our users, we can't process your request right now.
So if you want to be locked out of Googlebooks - use it
Use a proxy.
Really? I've used it a number of times now without a problem.
Yes Really
Why would I make it up? You've been lucky so far
I will just use proxies from now on to head off any problems that may happen down the track. Future problems solved. Why don't you do the same.
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