Nickle and Diming...Page by Page

Amazon.com has announced that they will soon be selling access to certain books by the page.

Being curious as to how this would work, I thought I'd investigate. I was able to procure the following sample price list:

• Jaws - Peter Benchley - Page 179 (Fish jumps on boat) - $0.05
• Cat in the Hat - Dr. Seuss - Page 7 (Fish falls out of bowl) - $0.20
• War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy - Page 812 (The Czar speaks) - $0.75
• A Good Walk Spoiled - John Feinstein - Page 89 (Tiger throws a club) - $1.25
• Collected Works - William Shakespeare - Page 198 (Hamlet - To be or not to be...) - $1.45
• Napalm and Silly Putty - George Carlin - Page 45 ($%#@&*!!) - $15
• Encyclopedia Americana - Various - Volume S - Page 217 (Sex, Sexuality) - $25
• Tropic of Cancer - Henry Miller - Page 169 (A romp in the sack) - $74
• My Life - Bill Clinton - Page 872 (Description of physical relationship with Monica Lewinsky) - $217
• My Life - Pauly Shore - Page 12-first paragraph (Description of all physical relationships with women) - .001 pesos