Go to Amazon

This is search capabilties at their finest.

[Chicago]

go to the home page.

On word!

WOW

[bakedjake]

I tried 5 different quotes and only one of them worked.

It's a cool idea. Its use will be limited, though. Probably limited to the non-fiction/reference realm.

[Chicago]

Any doubts about this move? Read the article below and expirement around with the new tool.

Wired Article [wired.com]

"give Amazon a powerful new weapon in its battle against online competitors such as Yahoo, Google, and eBay. But the most interesting thing about the archive is the way it resolves the paradox of the book, respecting its physical form while transcending its limits. "

Research turned on its head. Were we thinking a week ago that surfers would turn to Amazon when seeking information instead of G?

Type in a phrase, search all the books, and then read the exact page with the occurance.

[edited by: Chicago at 10:51 pm (utc) on Oct. 23, 2003]

[pleeker]

It won't be limited as they add more and more books to the database that can be searched. That is pretty amazing.

[bird]

Ah, a whole new universe of vanity... ;)

It used to be "autogoogling".

How do you call it when you search amazon to find how many books mention you by name? I just found another one I didn't know about!

[robho]

How do you call it when you search amazon to find how many books mention you by name?

And what do you call it when you search for books that mention your website? Several of mine are mentioned in a dozen books, under subjects I'd never have thought of...

(pity there's no way to see what traffic that brings).

[Chndru]

As a poor memory reader, i have had lots of troubles remembering the name of the author or the title of the book, but some catchy phrase or event. Just one word: AWESOME :)

[martinibuster]

Whoa, that's neat. They probably have to get permission from publishers in order to do this.