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The E-Book Challenge: Amazon Versus Google

Morning Edition , June 11, 2009 · The book industry as we know it is changing, and publishers are hoping that Google, the latest contender eyeing the electronic book market, has the clout to give the Amazon Kindle a run for its money.

Though the Kindle makes it incredibly easy for consumers to buy a book in seconds — anywhere, anytime — from Amazon's online store, Michael Powell of Powell's Books in Portland, Ore., says the device leaves traditional booksellers "totally out in the cold."

"We can sit and press our nose against the window, but we cannot play a role in that," says Powell.

Powell notes that bookstore owners are not Luddites; his store has a sophisticated Web site, and he wants to be able to take advantage of new technology as it becomes available. If he's not able to do so with the ...

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    • tcavanau
      9 months ago


      Once google actaually has a device I think that then things will really change. Already google is releasing the public domain books in PDF format as an open system, so next with the addition of the android OS and the plans for a device like a netbook to run android on, if the device is designed well it could be the next big book reader.
      The future of Books

      • Saurabh Gupta Saurabh Gupta
        9 months ago


        All of Google public domain books are available of the Sony Readers. I have been enjoying them. I think the interesting one out next would be the plastic logic one. What do you think?
        The future of Books
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