Where Gutenberg Led, Google Follows

When you've been in the tech business for more than a few years, you develop loyalties to certain companies, sites, and products. This is why when I saw the recent coverage of <a href="http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=192500520">Google's new venture to offer free book downloads</a>, I bristled. Most news stories about the service tout the revolutionary aspects of the project, which "makes it possible for people to store books on their computers and make copies" rat