http://books.google.com http://books.google.com is considered one of the more egregious examples, with many authors and publicists having complained about Googl

http://books.google.com http://books.google.com is considered one of the more egregious examples, with many authors and publicists having complained about Google taking samples of the content and posting it online. I did a Google search a while back on a graphics issue, and got the answer I needed from a Google book search result. You could argue (as Google does) that they are really just helping promote the book. But I have no need too buy - I got the answer for free.