Google to allow free downloads of public domain books

Google plans to begin letting consumers download and print free of charge classic novels and many other, more obscure books that are in the public domain, it was announced in the US today.

Using Google’s Book Search service, web surfers hunting titles such as Dante’s Inferno and Aesop's Fables will be able to download PDF files of the books for later reading, to run keyword searches or to print them on paper.