May 24, 2013

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Android Online Market Starts Offering Ebooks

Android Online Market Starts Offering Ebooks

Google rolled out the Books section of its web-based version of the Android Market, now offering free and retail ebooks.  Users can now purchase books from the Android Market itself, making it easier than ever to obtain access to reading material on your Android device. The e-books in the Android Market online are quick and [...]

Google Editions E-Reader Service to be launched in US by the Year End

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Google Editions will launch in the US this year, with international launches to follow soon after in. Dubbed Google Editions, the new venture will take a different approach to book selling than most of its competitors, including Amazon’s Kindle or Apple’s iBookstore. Instead of relying on a single, centralized store, Google will let users buy [...]

Google Editions To Launch Soon – Rival to Amazon, Barnes and Noble

According to a Wall Street Journal report, Google is now in the “final stages” of launching Google Editions, which was originally expected to be up and running this summer. The project recently got past several technical and legal hurdles, the article said. Google Editions is expected to have an open format that will allow users [...]

Google Enters Ebook Market with Google Editions

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Google is set to launch its own online e-book store in 2010. Google Editions books will not be tied to a specific device, unlike rival e-book company Amazon. Analysts at the Yankee Group have predicted that the US ebook reader market is “about to catch fire sparking from $1.3bn (£0.86bn) in revenue in 2010 to [...]