Google Set To Tackle eBook Market

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday June 1, 2009 @09:27AM from the as-long-as-i-get-to-download-scanned-content-too dept.

Mike writes "Google's latest decision to try its hand selling eBooks promises to make life in the eBook world more interesting, and will likely spur a standards war that in the end may prove beneficial to many consumers. Google's eBook store will pit it directly against Amazon and Amazon's Kindle — an enormously popular eBook reader. This will push many companies to create eBook readers to take advantage of Google's new store, and will flood the market with tough choices. Google does not have a dedicated eBook reader yet, but it seems a logical next step for the search giant."

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Re:Obvious next step... by mc1138 · 2009-06-01 09:42 · Score: 0, Redundant

You're right, Google's business is information and the distribution and flow of it. Why would they want to worry about the hassles of a physical product when they'll have a dozen companies all waiting in line? Google is a company of the intangible and that's their biggest strength.

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Re:Obvious next step... by Anonymous Coward · 2009-06-01 15:07 · Score: 0, Redundant

The rest of us will enjoy immitation printed paper, with weeks between charging.
There's no reason you can't have e-paper on a netbook.