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Summary

Google Books is a digital library[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of digital library entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,101 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Google[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Instance of: bibliographic database[5]
  • Owned by: Google[6]
  • Commons category: Google Books[7]
  • Language of work or name: multiple languages[8]
  • Inception: 2005[9]
  • Official website: https://books.google.com[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Google Books[11]
  • Main subject: book[12]
  • Described at URL: https://tapor.ca/tools/1262[13], https://marketplace.sshopencloud.eu/tool-or-service/BPMNtu[14]
  • Title: Google Books[15]
  • Main Wikidata property: P675[16]
  • Different from: The Google Book[17]
  • Has goal: democratization of knowledge[18]
  • Search formatter URL: https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=$1[19]
  • Social media followers: 626,994[20]

Why It Matters

Google Books has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 99 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

book Giuseppe Peano Google United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Google Books. Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/google-books
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_google-books_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Google Books}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/google-books}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-17}}
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  1. 16w ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → United States
    Main subject → book
    Creator → —
    Official website → https://books.google.com
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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