Google begins searching printed books

In the words of Google, "It turns out that not all the world's information is already on the Internet". To address this, Google have started to index extracts from books - often including the cover blurbs, which are a readily available approximate summary of the contents.

The books included in this initial batch number about 7000, and include both fiction and non-fiction books. See what shows up for windmill or watermill. Some of the books it shows up are expected, such as Devices and Desires by PD James, others are a surprise, such as The Complete War of the Worlds relating the furore this 1938 radio broadcast caused.