Google eBookstore Launched

angrytuna writes "The New York Times is running an article this morning about the launch of the Google ebook store. Independent bookstores such as Powell's, based in Portland, OR, have partnered with Google in this, selling the format directly in addition to their other ebook offerings. The ebooks appear to rely on Adobe Digital Editions for DRM; instructions are provided to transfer from the 'cloud' to a handheld device. iOS and Android have a dedicated app for accessing the store, and will download for offline immediately; other clients like the Nook and Sony eReader seem to be relying on the ADE platform to manage the transfer for offline reading." NPR tried it out on a few different devices and posted their experience.

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Conflict of Interest?

[VGPowerlord]

Maybe I haven't studied this too in depth, but how is this not a conflict of interest over the stated goals of Google Books? You know, the Google project to index books so that they were searchable?

Yeah, it turns out they were indexing them to sell eBook versions. I would love it if their Library project partners sued them for it.