Publishers Thank Google for Book Sales

eldavojohn writes "A few book publishers are actually thanking Google for an apparent rise in sales due to Google's scan plan. Google is busy defending itself against authors and publishers that have brought lawsuits for ignoring copyrights. The director of the Oxford University Press said, 'Google Book Search has helped us turn searchers into consumers.' It seems to work in favor of the smaller publishers: 'Walter de Gruyter/Mouton-De Gruyter, a German publisher, said its encyclopedia of fairy tales has been viewed 471 times since appearing in the program, with 44 percent of them clicking on the 'buy this book' Google link.' Do you think that Google's 'sneak peak' search access increases sales or violates copyrights on intellectual property?"

Comments

Re:Uh,,,, Both

[linuxci]

Can't the answer be "both"?

Yeah, that's why they used OR and not XOR :)

The programmer's answer

[A beautiful mind]

Do you think that Google's 'sneak peak' search access increases sales or violates copyrights on intellectual property?

Yes.

A whole encyclopedia?

[goofyheadedpunk]

>'Walter de Gruyter/Mouton-De Gruyter, a German publisher, said its
> encyclopedia of fairy tales has been viewed 471 times since appearing
> in the program, with 44 percent of them clicking on the 'buy this
> book' Google link.'

Can someone provide a link to this book? I would, oddly enough, like to buy it.