Forbes has weighed in on the Google Print issue, calling it Google's Stumble and claiming that in its foolhardy rush to digitize against the letter of the law, Google has allowed competitors to take the lead. I don't quite get that last part: who has taken the lead? Google has released its first wave of public domain content, and searching through it is an undiluted pleasure. Motley Fool is more stark in its assessment of Google Print future: the company will lose its lawsuit, Fool asserts, and Amazon's newly announced initiative—selling books online by the page—will be the winning business model.
Forbes and Fool: Google is Losing on Print
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(Page 1)2. Yikes, I can't believe how horribly wrong these guys are. It reminds me of the Divx vs DVD battle. Every consumer on the face of the earth new Divx was doomed to die. No one wants to pay everytime they see something they already bought.
In case you're wondering, one page of a book has almost zero value to me. The sum of all the pages on the other hand...
These business suits always look at it from which side is the most profitable (or convenient to content holders), but they forget that you can't sell anything without having the consumers on board.
Posted at 4:42AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Nicholas Roussos
3. I guess the closest thing to competition on this area would be the Perseus Digital Libary, but as far as i can see that mainly concers it self with older books outside of copyright
Posted at 4:42AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Tom
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Posted at 4:42AM on Dec 19th 2005 by agmerseth