I came across this scanned cookbook and just love the images.

Really, though, it's lovely! I don't know of any cookbook with so many recipes... so complete!

 
That is too bad they have that scan available. I owned one of the original White House cookbooks

and just recently donated it to a museum. I think the first print are worth something by now.

 
N(exactly)FRC: This is the crux of the Google Books settlement...

And it links to the "freemium" theory: give people something for free, and they are more likely to *buy* the actual item. (Bands whose music is pirated the most typically see their revenues rise the most in the industry--but whether this is true for books is another ball of wax.)

There are serious fears behind the Google Books Settlement, though I would argue that anyone excited enough to find these books online would probably look into purchasing an original copy.

(There's a lot more to it, and I'm not an expert by any means, but it does raise some interesting questions.)

 
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