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Originally Posted by andym
Nekokami. I know that Google is a commercial enterprise - thanks for the reminder.
... I know Google is a commercial enterprise, but you'd think that if they were going to go to the trouble of scanning these books that they would find a more imaginitive way of using (and making money out of) that resource - for example, I came across one text via a Google search which I would like to read but it costs about $130. I'd happily pay something to be able to read it online (or put up with advertising or whatever).
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Sorry, I really wasn't trying to be snide. I wholeheartedly agree with you on the fact that Google could be a good deal more creative in how they offer these texts. I think they may have originally intended to be, and got slapped down in the kerfluffle over the start of the project. I'm still hoping that things will settle down and more content will become available, whether for fee, supported by ads, or whatever. Meanwhile, at least the texts are scanned. If one of these libraries burns down, the content will still be preserved.