> If you want to do this kind of thing, let authors opt-in (or publishers). "This kind of thing" is factual information about the book, such as page or word co

> If you want to do this kind of thing, let authors opt-in (or publishers). "This kind of thing" is factual information about the book, such as page or word count, ly-adverb count, etc. Small snippets, something permissible under copyright law today, that were heavily editorialized and commented on were displayed. To suggest that counting words and pages is something that should not be allowed is silly. > The article itself is clueless… Says the person making stuff up to force a narrative. The person doing this had the rights to do this, and was very clearly within his rights to do this under copyright law. Counting words is not a crime.