Search and Read over 100,000 Books oÂn Amazon
Amazon.com’s new book search feature now lets you search the text of most of the books they sell.
When I read about this new feature, I didn’t realize the full benefits of it. Not oÂnly can you search the page, but you can read the full page and keep reading the next few pages of the book. Now that I’ve had a chance to use it, I wonder if it really will cause sales to decrease rather than increase. Amazon makes it tricky to keep reading more than a few pages ahead, but I was able to read at least 50 pages of a book. That’s quite a bit more than the trial chapters some authors will give you as an incentive to buy their book.
From an Author’s standpoint, I think they should put even more restrictions as to how many pages someone can view from a book. The good news is authors do have a choice about including their books in the search.
But cheapskate tactics aside, it will help you narrow down your choices if you know you want a book oÂn a specific subject and you can’t tell the difference between the books available.
Benefits: A try-before-you-buy feature for books oÂn Amazon. Makes it a lot more appealing to buy books oÂnline.
Disadvantages: You can oÂnly read a few pages at a time. Come oÂn! You didn’t think they’d let you read the whole thing for free, did you?!
Conclusion: Visit Amazon, do a search for a book and check out this feature.
For a live demonstration, do a search, then browse oÂne of the results. Visit:
Reviewer: Donna Knight
Score: 4/5