This would be disastrous for scholarship. While I don't know anybody using the Kindle right now to conduct research, it's not too hard to imagine that this coul

This would be disastrous for scholarship. While I don't know anybody using the Kindle right now to conduct research, it's not too hard to imagine that this could become commonplace in the future. I already use Amazon's Look Inside feature when I need to refer to a section of a book. But if they were to implement this patent, then I can't rely on any quotes from a source as being accurate. Imagine now that you have cited some text that Amazon silently munged and included it in your own book, which is now, of course, offered for sale via Amazon. The original text could now be doubly harmed!