The 2nd comment sums up my feelings pretty well: "If the argument is: better these books not be available to anyone than to have only Google have them, as it w

The 2nd comment sums up my feelings pretty well: "If the argument is: better these books not be available to anyone than to have only Google have them, as it will make Google search too good — from my own consumer point of view, that doesn’t carry a lot of weight. Please do not seek to protect me from good search results. If the argument is: Due to Google's activities, since we are on the precipice of having these books become available through one party, it would be preferable for them to be available to multiple parties, then I’d agree. But that is hardly a point to demonize Google for. We wouldn’t be having this discussion without their efforts."