Comments on: Google to Start Selling Books Online http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/google-to-start-selling-books-online/ Internet Safety, Windows Updates, Internet News, and More Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:47:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Mickey Chandler http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/google-to-start-selling-books-online/#comment-3785 Mickey Chandler Mon, 20 Mar 2006 21:10:21 +0000 /?p=1283#comment-3785 Just wait until the DoJ subpoenas Google to find out which books you've been downloading. Just wait until the DoJ subpoenas Google to find out which books you’ve been downloading.

]]> By: Joshua Zucker http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/google-to-start-selling-books-online/#comment-3761 Joshua Zucker Sat, 18 Mar 2006 22:11:53 +0000 /?p=1283#comment-3761 Hi Dan, I agree with you, I don't see the point for most books -- but have you ever wished that your book had a better index? Searching the downloadable book sure sounds good, whether it's for a school project (looking up that key quote and getting the context) or, most especially, for a reference work. If I'm a student, I might want to have an electronic copy -- then I can carry the laptop around, and have ALL my books, and if there's a few I want to have in paper form, I can buy those (but not have to lug them around everywhere). Same for travelers -- buy an ebook in the airport, download it by wifi, and read it on the plane, no extra weight to worry about. So I can see some big advantages too. Hi Dan,
I agree with you, I don’t see the point for most books — but have you ever wished that your book had a better index? Searching the downloadable book sure sounds good, whether it’s for a school project (looking up that key quote and getting the context) or, most especially, for a reference work. If I’m a student, I might want to have an electronic copy — then I can carry the laptop around, and have ALL my books, and if there’s a few I want to have in paper form, I can buy those (but not have to lug them around everywhere). Same for travelers — buy an ebook in the airport, download it by wifi, and read it on the plane, no extra weight to worry about. So I can see some big advantages too.

]]> By: Dan http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/google-to-start-selling-books-online/#comment-3743 Dan Sat, 18 Mar 2006 04:30:11 +0000 /?p=1283#comment-3743 Did anyone not see this coming? The second I read Google's scanning scheme, I thought how long until they start selling books. I honestly don't see the point, who would want to stare at a computer screen for the time it takes to read the average book? Not to mention you cannot take it to bed with you to read. Printing it would probably most as much as buying the book in the long run. Did anyone not see this coming? The second I read Google’s scanning scheme, I thought how long until they start selling books.

I honestly don’t see the point, who would want to stare at a computer screen for the time it takes to read the average book? Not to mention you cannot take it to bed with you to read. Printing it would probably most as much as buying the book in the long run.

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