The internet search giant has been listing the benefits of book search technology following news that the US department of justice is investigating its deal with the Author's Guild.
Google has come out fighting over its plans to digitise the world's books, after a number of obstacles began to appear which could hinder the technology.
The internet firm reached a proposed settlement with the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers last October which will see Google pay $125 million to create a Book Rights Registry, which will compensate authors and publishers.
However, a US judge has granted a group of authors an extension to the period in which they have to opt out of the settlement. Additionally, the US department of justice is reportedly looking at various issues surrounding the deal.
But Adam Smith, director of product management at Google Book Search, claimed on the firm's public policy blog that the technology will actually "help expand access to books in the United States".
Mr Smith explained that Google Book Search will let people have access to books that they have never even heard of, while people in the USA who have parents from another country will be able to find books in their parents' mother-tongue that they would never have normally found.
The system will only be available in the USA, as the settlement only holds in the country, but Mr Smith concluded: "While the Google Book Search settlement will only allow for improved access in the US, we believe that this will constitute an unprecedented test bed for the development of similar services around the world."
