Google Editions : E-Books Over Your Browser
Saturday, July 17 2010
Google wants to bring your digital book reader into the cloud. In May, the company announced plan to lunch its own digital book store, a Web-based effort called Google Editions. The Store will open sometimes this summer, a Google spokesperson has confirmed. And unlike many of the current e-book options on the market, Google Editions will let you buy and use its book wherever you want.
A Different Digital BookStore
The news of Google Editions impending debut comes from Chris Palma, Google’s Strategic Partner Development Manager, who outlined Google’s plans to flip the digital book industry upside down.
Unlike its rivals – Amazon with its Kindle; Apple with its iBook; and Barnes Noble with its Nook – Google Editions will allow you to download and read books using only your web browser, meaning via any device that can surf the Web : your laptop, your desktop, even your kindle,Nook, or iPad. No separate apps or interfaces will be required.
Google E-Book Sales
Reports suggest that the purchasing progress may also be a completely different beast. You will able to buy your e-book not only through Google’s service, but also from the website retailers-both big name stores and small independent shops that will keep most of the money earned.
Google engineer Dan Clancy has been cited as saying that Google Editions will offer a substantially large selection than other e-book retailers. Google approach could also mean greater control over their products and how they’re sold.
Still unknown, though, is how the Google Editions user interface will work.
