Prometheus 6

My first thought was, "Like AOL, the wall around this garden will either dissolve in chaos that is the Internet, or starve the growth inside the wall." But opening their own search api to external engines and giving greater access to those who search directly from the HarperCollins site, they changed my mind in a few paragraphs.

HarperCollins Will Create a Searchable Digital Library
By EDWARD WYATT

In the latest move in the battle between publishers and search engines, HarperCollins Publishers said yesterday it would create its own digital library of all of its book and audio content and make it searchable by consumers on the Internet. Web users will be able to search the HarperCollins archive via search engines like Google and Yahoo or the specialized programs of retailers like Amazon.com.