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Most books don't break even. Also, many books scanned by google are not easily available, out of print, or out of copyright, so I would be very surprised if goo
by ktizo 14y ago
Most books don't break even. Also, many books scanned by google are not easily available, out of print, or out of copyright, so I would be very surprised if google is costing authors anything like $750 per book. In fact I would suspect, if anything, it will help drive book sales.
- anthonyb 14y agoThe other thing that crossed my mind is that Google is still making use of the books - I doubt that just making them available publicly is part of their plan. If they're also licensing them for spelling correction and translation, how does that affect the pricing?