GOOGLE VIEWS: Google Ebooks

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that Google's massive effort to scan millions of books for an online library does not violate copyright law, rejecting claims from a group of authors that the project illegally deprives them of revenue. The wait is finally over. Google Editions, now dubbed google ebooks, launched yesterday after months (years?) of anticipation, boasting agreements with over 4,000 publishers—offering about 3 million free and for-sale titles—the venture is very likely When big-name retailers move into town, it’s usually bad news for mom and pop shops. The trifecta of retail giants – Walmart, Home Depot, and Amazon – have all displaced thousands of small businesses. But with google ebooks’ high-profile entry into As Sam Diaz reported this morning, Google launched its e-books site this morning. No longer called Google Editions, the site is now called google ebooks. While Sam asked if the Kindle and Nook can survive in the face of Google's entry into the market (I Google announced the launch of offline support for Google eBooks for those using Chrome or Chrome OS, so they can continue reading books even when they’re not actually connected to the Internet. “We’ve all been there: the Internet is suddenly down, Two weeks ago the Google eBookstore finally launched, and the world was briefly amazed. Google Editions, as it was known until launch, was the book world’s Duke Nukem Forever: vaporware for seven years, depending on how you count. Its actual emergence .

Google's ebook store has finally launched in Australia, with its own local store and partnerships online with Dymocks and iRiver. From today, avid ebook fans can access Google's ebook platform via books.google.com.au, where they can download the Google Like Amazon has done with its own Kindle platform, Google eBooks is a cross-platform solution for reading digital books across multiple devices. Currently, users can read Google eBooks in JavaScript-enabled browsers, in iOS and Android-powered devices Today, Google launched its online bookstore, Google eBooks — a long-awaited and much-discussed entrant into electronic bookselling. Google is advertising the store as compatible with computers, obviously (for those who want to read that way), but also The premise behind Google eBooks is that the existing market doesn't permit consumers enough choice. This is a peculiar claim considering that consumers can already choose among Amazon's Kindle Store, Barnes & Noble's NookBOOKS, Sony's Reader Store .