7 out-of-sight Googlebook highlights

Google’s new Googlebooks are packed with potential — and while the systems in their current state may be awkwardly rough around the edges, there are some truly interesting ideas within ’em. I looked at some of those highlights in my recent “Googlebook work test” hands-on analysis, but in addition to all the surface-level sorcery, Googlebooks hide a handful of nifty and at times quite helpful features you wouldn’t notice until you’d really spent some time using ’em and poking around in their various nooks and crannies. As a follow-up to my broader Googlebook analysis, I thought it’d be fun to show you some of the more off-the-beaten-path elements of the Googlebook experience — interesting little touches that you almost have to go out of your way to discover (or maybe just stumble onto inadvertently!). Here are seven such treasures I’ve encountered in my time with the Lenovo Googlebook — provided to me as a short-term loaner review unit — so far. [Get fresh Googley insight in your inbox with my free Android Intelligence newsletter — one new and useful thing to try every Friday.] Googlebook highlight #1: Instant context One of my favorite Googlebook features has been one that’s almos…

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