Google's long-delayed venture into digital book sales has cleared the final few hurdles and execs say Google Editions will be up and running before th...
usatoday.com | Posted 05.25.2011
Competing directly against Apple's own iBooks application, as well as apps for popular book readers (such as Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble's Nook),...
Posted 05.25.2011
Since over a year ago free eBooks have been a hot topic in the publishing market. Last week, however, The Washington Post reported that Amazon has be...
The Huffington Post | Sammy Perlmutter | Posted 05.25.2011
On its newly launched eBook service, Google featured an error page with a picture of a sailor and a whale with text that reads: "Whale Fail. Google Bo...
The Huffington Post | Sammy Perlmutter | Posted 05.25.2011
Google launched its foray into the publishing market today with Google eBooks, a comprehensive online shopping service that allows users to purchase d...
AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 05.25.2011
SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc. is making the leap from digital librarian to merchant in a challenge to Amazon.com Inc. and its Kindle electronic re...
sfgate.com | Liz Hafalia / The Chronicle | Posted 05.25.2011
As president of the independent American Booksellers Association, Tucker has been working with Google on its Google Editions initiative for the past t...
Patricia Benesh | Posted 05.25.2011
As reported in an article in the Wall Street Journal Google's long-awaited foray into e-book distribution and sales -- Google Editions -- will be laun...
Publishers Weekly | Andrew Richard Albanese | Posted 05.25.2011
The architect of Google's ambitious book program, Dan Clancy is said to be leaving for another ambitious Google program, YouTube....
ZDNet | Christopher Dawson | Posted 05.26.2011
Google Editions has been on my radar for a while now, primarily for its potential applications to educational technology. After all, while the Kindle ...
Wall Street Journal | JESSICA E. VASCELLARO | Posted 05.25.2011
Google Inc. will begin selling digital books in late June or July, a company representative said Tuesday, setting off a three-way battle between the I...
The Huffington Post | Caroline Eisenmann | Posted 05.25.2011
Toshiba has released a preview page for its upcoming online eBook store Book Place. Book Place will offer today's best-sellers, cookbooks, travel guid...
The New York Times | Brad Stone | Posted 05.25.2011
Independent bookstores were battered first by discount chains like Barnes & Noble, then by superefficient Web retailers like Amazon.com. Now the ele...
The New York Times | MOTOKO RICH | Posted 05.25.2011
As publishers enter discussions with the Web giant Google about its plan to sell digital versions of new books direct to consumers, they have a little...
The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011
The Frankfurt Book Fair has been going on this week, and it's brought news, controversy, and excitement galore with it. The choice of China for guest ...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
FRANKFURT -- Google Inc. is launching a new service for booksellers next year called Google Editions, which will let readers buy books and read them ...
newser.com | Posted 05.25.2011