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Google takes on Amazon.com…
Internet behemoths Google and Amazon.com appear to be headed for a showdown in the race to dominate the market for electronic books. Here’s more from The Wall Street Journal:
“Google could prove to be a significant challenger for Amazon, which sells e-books specifically formatted to work with its proprietary Kindle. A key difference would be that the search giant aims to let Google Book Search users “buy access” to copyrighted books with any Web-enabled computer, e-reader or mobile phone.
Google said it would allow publishers to set their own prices, although the company reserved the right to discount titles at its own expense. Amazon typically charges consumers $9.99 per e-book, far below hardcover prices reaching about $26.”
Are you reading any e-books? Do you plan to try them out in the future?
Vick Mickunas
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