>If it reduces chances that people will buy the book, that seems somewhat >unfair to the author and publisher.< I don't know about anyone else, but when I find a book that has quite a bit of info I can use, I buy it. For only a page or two, I don't. But isn't getting a look-up somewhat like going to the library and either copying in long hand or photo-copying those pages you need? Is there something I'm not seeing here? I know several people who have written books on their particular family line and then donated the books to various libraries, just so someone else would be able to benefit from the information in these books. Of course, if you make a living writing books you might not be donating them to libraries. :-) I'll be interested to hear what y'all think! Carolyn ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com