[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Google launching eBook store called "Google Editions"
- From: "Dan Beaver" <dbeaver888@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 08:11:36 -0400
Hi Judy,
It does sound good. However, you can now use a browser to view digital
books which are not accessible. I really do not want to squash your
enthusiasm but this statement about reading a book in a browser does not
necessarily mean accessible.
Let's watch and see how it turns out. It surely would be wonderful if they
are presented in an accessible manner.
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From: "Judy s." <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 12:08 AM
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT: Google launching eBook store called "Google
Editions"
I read several news releases today about Google's announcement
that they are launching their eBook store this summer (June or
July) to compete with Amazon and other on-line booksellers. This
store, called Google Editionsis is not the same as Google's plan
to digitize and sell out-of-print books. It's a totally different
business effort by Google.
Here's the part I found really interesting in today's
announcement. Google Editions will allow a buyer to download and
read books using their Web browser, without any sepaate apps or
interfaces required. PC World specifically said the following:
"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. And unlike many of the current
e-book options on the market, Google Editions will let you buy
and use its books wherever you want."
Today's Wall Street Journal had a quote from a VP at Oxford
University Press: "This levels the retail playing field," said
Evan Schnittman, vice president of global business development
for Oxford University Press. "And as a publisher, what I like is
that I won't have to think about audiences based on devices. This
is an electronic product that consumers can get anywhere as long
as they have a Google account."
I'm hoping this means that Google Edition books are going to be
accessible from the get go, with any software like a screen
reader that interfaces with a web browser. It sure sounds like it.
I've got my fingers crossed that Bookshare is talking to
publishers who are participating and Google and can talk all of
them into somehow making these available to Bookshare members.
Wouldn't that be stellar?
According to another PC World article, roughly 500,000 titles
will be available for purchase when Google Editions launches this
summer.
Here's links to PC World's two articles from today on it.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/195594/google_editions_bringing_ebooks_to_your_browser.html
http://www.pcworld.com/article/195560/google_to_launch_ebook_store_early_summer.html
And here's a link to the Wall Street Journal article:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703866704575224232417931818.html?mod=WSJ_business_LeadStoryCollection
Judy s.
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