Google book search gets social -- Google -- InformationWeek

With preparations under way to start selling e-books online later this year, Google has enhanced its Google Books service with interface refinements and easier sharing options.

Launched in 2004, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Books drew the ire of authors and publishers, who objected to Google's book-scanning activities as a copyright violation. Last October, Google resolved complaints about Google Books and is awaiting approval of the settlement by the court and the Department of Justice...