Book News: Google Editions
May 19th, 2010As some of you may be aware, Google will eventually take over the entire world. I, for one, welcome our soon to be rulers…because no matter how bad everything else gets I can at least be sure our information will be well organized. So we’ll have that going for us.
Anyway…their next target on the way to world domination is e-books…and like everything else they do, they plan to make it open. The information that has come out so far is not very detailed…but the main feature (at least to me) is that you can use their books on ANY device that accesses the internet. From PC World:
Unlike its e-book-selling contemporaries — Amazon, with its Kindle; Barnes and Noble, with its Nook; and Apple, with its iBooks — Google Editions will allow you to download and read books using only your Web browser. That means any device that can surf the Web is fair game: your laptop, your computer, even your Kindle, Nook, or iPad. No separate apps or interfaces will be required.
This reminds me of the DRM free music downloads that Amazon started to sell whereas Apple’s music could only be listened to on iPods. Eventually the iTunes store stopped selling DRM locked music. I suspect the same thing with happen for these e-books. You will be able to buy the book at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Google Editions or wherever you can find the best price. Then you will be able to read it on whatever device you have.
Eventually everybody wins…and Google will have to find another industry to take down!
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May 21st, 2010 at 5:16 pm
I am not quite as thrilled with the idea of Google taking over the world.
and as to DRM free books, I will wait to see that before I would even consider buying an Evil E-Reader or locking my money into limited e-books.