Re: GOOGLE FLOATS IDEA OF RENTING BOOKS
- From: Hans Persson <unicorn@[redacted]>
- Subject: Re: GOOGLE FLOATS IDEA OF RENTING BOOKS
- Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 09:45:14 +0100
ons 2005-11-16 klockan 17.26 skrev Michael Hart:
> Google has reportedly proposed a plan to rent books online. An unnamed
> publisher said that Google suggested the idea of letting consumers pay
> a fee, equal to 10 percent of the price of a printed copy of the book,
> to have online access to the text for one week. Rented books would not
> be downloadable or printable, according to the publisher, which said
> that although the fee Google suggested is too low, the notion of
> renting texts might represent a viable new model for content
> distribution.
This is something that will happen soon, I think, regardless of whether
publishers want it or not. It's also interesting that a suggestion like
this for once comes with a reasonable price tag.
Hans
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