Re: Re: Amazon.com's "Search Inside the Book"

From: Keith Tabor <ket354[_at_]yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 16:51:20 -0500

• Doug Isenberg <disenberg[_at_]gigalaw.com> wrote:
  > While Amazon.com has restrictions in place,
  > apparently there are
  > indeed ways around the restrictions.
  

I admited as much in the part of my email you did not copy.

> According to
> the Authors Guild: "It
> turns out that it's quite simple (though a bit
> inconvenient) to look at 100
> or more consecutive pages from a single lengthy
> book. We've even printed
> out 108 consecutive pages from a bestselling book.
> It's not something one
> would care to do frequently, but it can be done."

Likewise, it is possible to copy a book in its entirety from a library copy, but it is not something that will bite into an author's sales.

I think the entirety of my email was consistent with the Author's Guild quote provided. But, thank you for the additional input.

keith

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