DITTO!!! -----Original Message----- From: Carolyn Graham <cragra@hotmail.com> To: OHBELMON-L@rootsweb.com <OHBELMON-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, August 05, 2000 5:11 PM Subject: [OHBELMON-L] Re: Free look-ups... >>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 >