Google Print is live

Google announced the availability of the first large collection of public domain books on Google Print. This collection, scanned as part of the company's book digitization project with several of the world's largest libraries, includes works such as U.S. Civil War history books, government documents, the writings of Henry James and other materials.

As usual it is a BETA product - but looks like a direct competitor to Amazon.com as one is just given a teaser of what to buy - at least that is my first impression.

"Google Print helps you discover books, not read them online. To read the whole book, we encourage you to use the "Buy this book" link to purchase it online or the "Find this in a library" link to look for a local library that has it. "

It seem the objective is to make more money and not "index the World's information" as this turns out to be one of the biggest affiliate sites in the world - but hey what is wrong with making money...

http://print.google.com/