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November 04, 2005
Amazon, Microsoft Bet on Books (Red Herring)
The virtual library grew a little more crowded on Friday. Following Google’s lead in getting more books online, Amazon.com has started selling parts of books, and Microsoft signed a $2.5-million book-scanning deal with the British Library.
Amazon’s service, called Amazon Pages, allows readers to buy access to an individual page, section, or chapter of a book instead of buying the entire printed book.
Amazon also introduced a service known as Amazon Upgrade that lets book buyers purchase online access to the same volume they had shipped to them in paper form. The online version will be available in full via the web, making it searchable through a browser.
[There may be some interesting potential here for online researchers. BK]
Posted by kuechebj at November 4, 2005 04:27 PM