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Microsoft's Live Search Books now has better tools.

As a part of improving its base at aiming for better and improved capacity to search for copyrighted books on the Internet, Microsoft has brought about changes to its Live Search Books.

Microsoft now has the expertise to search for copyrighted books on the Web. With permissions from innumerable publishers to use their copyrighted titles, Microsoft’s Live Search Books is part of its "Live" online services aimed at increasing its supremacy in desktop software with a host of Web offerings to rival Google.

Microsoft had earlier attacked Google for what it called the Web search leader's "cavalier" approach to copyright protection in services like Google Book Search, though both aimed at making money through advertisements from Web services.

The preview pane in Live Search will consist of a cover image, book summary, table of contents and a counter which will apprise the reader of the number of pages viewed and allowed to do so within the preview. A tool that enables the use of keywords for easy search is an add-on.

A link in the system will permit readers to buy books from online retailers or publishers.

[ Via reuters ]