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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eBook Reader? Why bother? by nickruiz · 2009-06-01 10:13 · Score: 0, Troll

Buying an eBook reader always seemed impractical to me when you have so many decent smartphones and PDA devices out on the market. Granted, an eBook reader has a larger screen and may be more comfortable to hold, but for the price tag, you could just purchase a better mobile phone and have more features ready at your fingertips. Not to mention the advantage of portability.