As soon as after-Christmas shoppers are looking for a good e-book, Google Editions will reportedly be ready for them. Google planned to have its ebook retailing operations ready by summer 2010, however technical and legal barriers stood within the way, reports the Wall Street Journal. Now the road is clear, and Google appears ready to give Amazon.com and other e-booksellers all they can handle with its "read anywhere" electronic book format..
Assembling Google Editions and independent booksellers
Google Editions, which is expected to release within the United States before New Year’s Day and by the end of first quarter of next year internationally, appears to be forming alliances with a wide variety of independent booksellers. Several publishers have admitted to "exchanging files" with Google, said Scott Dougal, a Google product management director. These signs just show how close Google Editions is. It might launch very soon.
More than electronic books
About 65 percent of the e-book market is held by Amazon.com which is really very different from the electronic book Google Editions will use. A customer's Google account ties to the electronic book file after the consumer buys Google Editions from anyplace. It doesn't matter if the consumer is trying to use a desktop, laptop, tablet or smartphone to access the e-books. All that is really needed is some kind of web browser.
Most books have to be purchased at the Amazon.com store in order to read e-books on any Kindle software. You will find outside sources that make free titles available.
Not sure exactly what the independent bookseller’s shares will be
Participation by impartial booksellers within the Google Editions platform will largely depend upon the compensation offered, and the revenue percentage Google intends to offer isn’t currently known. More than 200 United States impartial booksellers will likely join this, based on the Wall Street Journal who spoke with the American Booksellers Association, while now there hasn't been any data released about who could be participating in Google Editions. Google might be able to win the electronic book field if major booksellers like Barnes & Noble were willing to participate in Google Editions.
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Wall Street Journal
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