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

• Original Message ----- From: "Keith Tabor" <ket354[_at_]yahoo.com> To: "CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property" <CNI-COPYRIGHT[_at_]cni.org> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 2:55 PM Subject: [CNI-(C)] Re: Amazon.com's "Search Inside the Book"

> And most importantly, even if you disagree with all of
> the above, Amazon only makes money if a work is sold.
> Therefore, if there is not an increase in sales
> overall, the system will be taken down because Amazon
> won't let this be a loss leader for long.

Amazon also benefits from increased traffic to its site. Thus, if it brings people that buy OTHER products, it benefits Amazon. But not the authors.

-Bodi Received on Wed Nov 12 2003 - 02:12:08 GMT