Travel Tech: Using The Google eBookstore
[from Tales Told from the Road: Around the World with Dick Jordan]
by Dick Jordan
On Monday, December 6, 2010, Google “opened” its eBookstore offering over 3 million books in electronic versions that can be read on Android and iPhone smartphones, the iPad and iPod Touch, e-readers from Barnes & Noble and Sony, any other device that supports Adobe’s e-book platform, or by using a Web browser that is Javascript enabled. Here’s my first take on reading on the road using Google’s e-books. Continue reading at Tales from the Road
Showing posts with label Google eBooks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Google eBooks. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Friday, December 10, 2010
Is Google Leading an e-Book Revolution?
[from Salon.com]
by Laura Miller
If you're intrigued by e-books but don't want to deprive your local independent bookstore of your patronage, Google eBooks may have the answer to your dilemma. Google has formed partnerships with several indie bookstores, enabling them to sell Google eBooks from their websites for a cut of the sales. This a great way to support neighborhood bookstores and it also allows Google eBookstore customers to partake of the expertise of people whose life's work is connecting readers with the right books.
"By the time Google eBookstore finally launched on Monday, it was already being touted as a revolution in the marketplace for digital books. It offers more titles -- nearly 3 million free, public domain books and 'hundreds of thousands' of newer books available for purchase -- than any other retailer, and promises every customer 'seamless' cloud-based access to their personal e-book library from (almost) any device, no matter where they are." Continue reading at Salon.com
by Laura Miller
If you're intrigued by e-books but don't want to deprive your local independent bookstore of your patronage, Google eBooks may have the answer to your dilemma. Google has formed partnerships with several indie bookstores, enabling them to sell Google eBooks from their websites for a cut of the sales. This a great way to support neighborhood bookstores and it also allows Google eBookstore customers to partake of the expertise of people whose life's work is connecting readers with the right books."By the time Google eBookstore finally launched on Monday, it was already being touted as a revolution in the marketplace for digital books. It offers more titles -- nearly 3 million free, public domain books and 'hundreds of thousands' of newer books available for purchase -- than any other retailer, and promises every customer 'seamless' cloud-based access to their personal e-book library from (almost) any device, no matter where they are." Continue reading at Salon.com
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Google eBooks Explained
[from Poets & Writers]
"After years of planning, Google eBooks, the e-bookstore that's been described as an 'open ecosystem' that will eventually offer more than three million books, is finally here. See for yourself in this promotional video."
Book Passage is proud to be one of the independent bookstores partnered with Google to offer the new Google eBooks! Buy Google eBooks directly from your favorite indie bookstore's website and have all the advantages of storing your eBooks in the Google cloud while supporting your neighborhood bookstores. Read the Book Passage FAQ about Google eBooks
"After years of planning, Google eBooks, the e-bookstore that's been described as an 'open ecosystem' that will eventually offer more than three million books, is finally here. See for yourself in this promotional video."
Book Passage is proud to be one of the independent bookstores partnered with Google to offer the new Google eBooks! Buy Google eBooks directly from your favorite indie bookstore's website and have all the advantages of storing your eBooks in the Google cloud while supporting your neighborhood bookstores. Read the Book Passage FAQ about Google eBooks
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