Hello everyone, Does google index books ? If i go to a library and pick some books then i use the content of a book for my website, do you think it is going to be problem ?
Almost any book also exists on the web. Also Google indexes text from PDF books, however if a book a really rare then you have a chance You can check a book by entering some paragraphs of this book in Google.
Not sure why you are after text from books for your site. If it to create random new content then don't do it. Create your won so your site has something useful on it that relates to what your site is about. If quoting a book is relevant, then as danasurvey says, reference the author. And yes, Google does index books (look under 'more' then 'books' on the search dropdown on Google)
If you have a book in the pdf format it will definitely index , as google gives some search priority to pdf pages so your book will definitely rank as well