Recently, a question asking for the source of a vaguely remembered quote by Rosabeth Moss Kanter (the well-known professor at Harvard Business School) appeared on one of the info-pro e-mail discussion lists I read. It didn't show up in the standard sources for quotations, and a quick Web search didn't turn up anything either. Aha, I thought: a chance to try out A9.com, the relatively new search engine fromAmazon.com. One of the features that sets A9 apart from its competitors is the inclusion of "Search Inside the Book" results from Amazon.com—the feature that lets you search the full text of more than 120,000 current books. And, yes, a version of the quote finally surfaced within one of Moss Kanter's books. A9 is an interesting hybrid: part general-purpose search engine, part specialized search tool, and part Web resource-management tool. Note that many of the features of A9 are only available if you sign in using your Amazon.com log in. If you ever want to anonymize your session, just click the "Sign out" link in the upper-right corner.
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