The top of the screen, meanwhile, is dedicated to a Google eBookstore link, which looks rather a lot a banner ad.

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How does Google determine which new titles, and the more than 15 million books that have been scanned, float to the top of its search results pages: in the web search box and in the ebookstore.

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Clicking on the eBookstore column will prompt you to connect to a wireless network -- the device seemed have some trouble maintaining a connection, even when the network was strong, prompting us to log in multiple times.

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