GooReader is a free Windows desktop application that allows you to search, read and download both books and magazines available on Google Books. It provides a bookshelf like interface for magazines & books. Instead of page scrolling in your browser you can get pleasure of reading on your desktop in the same way as you read hardcover books or paperback magazines.
GooReader can also converts books to PDF format for offline reading but this feature is available only in premium versions for which you will need to spend 20$.
GooReader provides a sweet interface for reading publicly available books and magazines on Google Books. Instead of awkward page scrolling in your browser you can get pleasure of reading on your desktop in the same way as you read hardcover books or paperback magazines. With natural mouse moves you can turn over pages, zoom in and out, jump to the needed TOC item.
It works on Windows XP/Vista/7 and you need to have .Net Framework 3.5 SP1 installed on your computer.
Download: GooReader 1.7 [1.1Mb]