Now that Google has launched its “Google Print” program to set up a searchable book database with an unveiling at the Frankfurt Book Fair, Amazon.com has intensified its efforts to expand its own searchable database functionality, the controversial “Search Inside the Book,” on a worldwide basis, starting with Amazon.co.uk. As a Publishing News report notes, copyright concerns remain a big question for both services. As a Random House UK manager says, the company’s legal department is taking a close look. Also, “It also has to be cleared with authors and agents to see if they are happy. I think these things do help sales, particularly for non–fiction, so they’re really interesting ideas which we are continuing to discuss.”