Australia here.
I get the ability to buy the book from 5 online stores and an option to
'Find this book in a library'.
Underneath some snippets of text I can click on a link to find out why I
can't see the rest of the book and Google helpfully tells me:
"Why can't I read the entire book?
Many of the books in Google Book Search come from authors and publishers
who participate in our Partner Program. For these books, our partners
decide how much of the book is browsable -- anywhere from a few sample
pages to the whole book.
For books that enter Book Search through the Library Project, what you
see depends on the book's copyright status. We respect copyright law and
the tremendous creative effort authors put into their work. If the book
is in the public domain and therefore out of copyright, you can page
through the entire book and even download it and read it offline. But if
the book is under copyright, and the publisher or author is not part of
the Partner Program, we only show basic information about the book,
similar to a card catalog, and, in some cases, a few snippets --
sentences of your search terms in context. The aim of Google Book Search
is to help you discover books and learn where to buy or borrow them, not
read them online from start to finish. It's like going to a bookstore
and browsing - with a Google twist."
Christian West
Team Leader - Technical Services
Brimbank Libraries
Email : ChristianWe_at_brimbank.vic.gov.au
Phone: (03) 9249 4178
-----Original Message-----
From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
[mailto:NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Karen Coyle
Sent: Thursday, 6 September 2007 11:10 AM
To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] Cutter's Rules in full text
William Denton wrote:
> Well, if I search for "cutter rules for a dictionary catalog" then the
> first hit is this version of the fourth edition, from U Michigan's
> collection:
>
>
http://books.google.com/books?id=38YYAAAAMAAJ&q=cutter+rules+for+a+dicti
onary+catalog&dq=cutter+rules+for+a+dictionary+catalog&pgis=1
>
>
> I can't read the book there.
And I get two buttons that you clearly don't see:
- Read this book
- download PDF
So this must be discrimination against Canadians, probably due to some
resentment about the cold weather fronts that our meteorologists are
always claiming that you send our way. Maybe with global warming we'll
find a thaw in Google's treatment of you.
Could folks try this from other countries? I'm just curious.
kc
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fx.: 510-848-3913
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Received on Wed Sep 05 2007 - 19:38:44 EDT