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Originally Posted by cjcherryh
Yep. I've spent about 30 hours so far and am still trying to fish my books out of Google's assumption that they should just naturally have the right to copy anything they want in the name of information. I expect to spend another 20 hours on this process. Sigh. I don't know why they shouldn't be able to do a "just get my books off your site" request, but they want every one of their forms filled out.
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Why do you want your books off of Google Books, CJ?
I am fairly certain they are not giving access to the full book to anyone... so basically the partial availability they presumably offer would be akin to letting somebody peruse your book at a bookstore. They can look at a few pages, and decide whether or not they want to buy it.
Oh, and your books are more likely to show up in search results. e.g.: Imagine somebody not remembering anything about a particular book they once read before, but the word "paidhi". A regular Google search for that word does not immediately lead people to one of your books... but the Google Books search does:
http://books.google.com/books?q=paid...G=Search+Books
Is that such a bad thing? Or is there some other issue that I am missing?
- Ahi