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Old 10-02-2007, 04:35 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by Studio717 View Post

My best guess as to why is that some (not all) of the public domain books that are locked out have been reprinted relatively recently. Almost all the locked out editions will have the public domain version (locked out) and a reprint edition. My luck has proven to hold when I discover that even the reprint edition - while it technically exists - is unavailable even on the OOP market, therefore making sure I can't access it.
I must admit my cynical view is that Google Books is simply a way for google to make money getting advertisers to pay for listing and advertising. i'd like to think I was wrong but that's how it seems. Such a missed opportunity.
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