The Random House Group
Transforms Book Browsing Online

The Random House Group has become the first UK publishing group to develop
an application which will enable consumers to browse and search through
sections of books online - just as they would in a bookshop.

Through the new 'widget' consumers can read key passages of writing, search inside
the text, and purchase the book directly via a 'buy now button'. The tool
is simple to install and can be customised to suit the design of any site,
thus enabling its quick uptake on a variety of sites.

Read the full story of this exciting development which Random House announced at the London Book Fair and which I picked up from Yahoo News.

And here is The Guardian on the subject.