With customers, at least, Amazon‘s “Inside the Book” search feature is a hit, and so far the company itself sounds gung ho about the sale of included titles. Meanwhile here’s a librarian’s take, via a New York Times article:
Troy Johnson, a reference law librarian at Creighton University in Omaha, plans to use the feature to impress his patrons. He wants to see the look on their faces when he points them to the exact pages that answer their questions. “Should look good when I tell someone, ‘On Page 45 of book xyz they talk about your subject,’ ” Mr. Johnson wrote last week in an online forum. “Librarians should think of how they can exploit this tool.”
Let’s hope that writers and publishers will be flexible about the business details.
(Found via Pocket PC eBooks Watch.)
