Google Inside

So a lot of publishers and authors were pretty mad at Google for scanning copyrighted material, but there’s another side to that coin. There are always people that are very happy about it. It seems that some of the smaller publishers have seen their sales increase quite a bit because of the search. Many people would have not otherwise known about those books or publishers, but since the book search allows for those smaller publishers to reach the world, more and more people have been buying their books. This increased visibility for publishers and authors is good. Not everyone loves it, but as always, you can’t please everyone. (via Slashdot @ Reuters)