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"Google Books is now available in the UK, the search engine giant has announced. The iBooks and Kindle rival can now be downloaded for free by Android users across Britain via the platform&amp;#039;s online storefront. &amp;quot;Readers in the UK now have access to the world&amp;#039;s largest e-books collection, with hundreds of thousands of e-books for sale - from major UK publishers like Hachette, Random House and Penguin - as well as more than two million public domain e-books for free,&amp;quot; said Google in a statement. A Books subsection has also been added to the Android Market alongside Apps and Games. A Google-powered handset running Android 2.1 or higher is required to view the e-books. Google Books has sparked controversy throughout the industry in the past. Publishers, groups and individuals have claimed that the service infringes on copyright law, resulting in legal action. Google Books was rolled out under the name Google Print in 2004. Last year, the company announced that there are more than 15 million books in its library.  &amp;gt; Read our latest technology news Watch an introductory video to Google Books below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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