My Reflection On Google's Plan To Digitize Books

“Digitize Every Book Ever Printed” discussed a very controversial issue on whether Google should or shouldn’t scan books to put on the computer with or without the authors’ and publishers’ consents. There are many pros and cons to this issue, and I feel that everyone, including Google should try to at least consider them all. I really can’t exactly say how I feel on the subject, because I understand both sides to the story. Some pros that I was able to think of are: it’s another way to access books, it is a great way to make money, books can be searchable, you can download copies for free, it can be accessed throughout the world, and many books that aren’t well known(orphan books) will be put more out there. Of course like I have said, there are some cons, and these are some that came up: not fair to authors and publishers who didn’t consent, it may be more expensive for the people, it may bring competition for libraries (libraries are for the public, there for they are nonprofit organizations) and stores, or even run them out of business, Google will become a monopoly, and it may not fully protect the buyers with privacy. Luckily for me I don’t have to make the decision, but it is something I will think about.