[Web4lib] Google Books and Amazon - influence on book sales?

[Steve Toub]

This Reuters article from October 2006 covers this issue.


Jeffrey Goldfarb, Reuters "Book Sales Get a Lift from Google Scan Plan". 
eWEEK. October 2006. FindArticles.com. 02 Dec. 2007. 
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_zdewk/is_200610/ai_n19413112


Mostly guessings but it does mention that Amazon's program has increased 
Penguin's sales by 7 percent the US.

	--SET

Anders Ericson wrote:
> Both Google Books and Amazon have since 2004 offered "Search Inside"
> digitized books. Has anybody seen statistics or qualified guessings on
> the alleged positive influence on book sales? (Apart from their own
> statements)
> 
> 
> Anders Ericson
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