http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/google-planning-on-getting-into-ebooks-in-a-big-way/ Engadget Comments for Google planning on getting into ebooks in a big way http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/google-planning-on-getting-into-ebooks-in-a-big-way/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/google-planning-on-getting-into-ebooks-in-a-big-way/
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It's pretty much over for anyone else if these 2 giants team up.]]>Jan 22nd 2007 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/google-planning-on-getting-into-ebooks-in-a-big-way/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/google-planning-on-getting-into-ebooks-in-a-big-way/Jan 22nd 2007 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/google-planning-on-getting-into-ebooks-in-a-big-way/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/google-planning-on-getting-into-ebooks-in-a-big-way/
theyr seriously dominating...]]>Jan 22nd 2007 10:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/google-planning-on-getting-into-ebooks-in-a-big-way/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/google-planning-on-getting-into-ebooks-in-a-big-way/Jan 23rd 2007 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/google-planning-on-getting-into-ebooks-in-a-big-way/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/google-planning-on-getting-into-ebooks-in-a-big-way/Jan 22nd 2007 10:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/google-planning-on-getting-into-ebooks-in-a-big-way/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/google-planning-on-getting-into-ebooks-in-a-big-way/
$120 a book starts to add up and ebooks would be just as easy for many of us students!

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For everyone’s info, we at Bookyards ( http://www.bookyards.com ) have compiled a good collection of free digital libraries with books available for downloading for free. Just go to Bookyards “Library Collections - E Books” at http://www.bookyards.com/links.html?type=links&category_id=1780
There are approximately 550 digital libraries separated alphabetically and by category, with over 500,000 unique ebooks

Bookyards is a free online library located at www.bookyards.com


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I find the Sony format using e-ink just fine except for the DRM issue...BUT at $400-$500 for the device and then costs equivalent to full retail for a bound edition make the whole thing cost prohibitive.

I hope some time soon a company really gets the idea that these readers need to be low cost. I have no problem with $100-$200 with enough memory to store a few hundred books. RAM is cheap and there is no huge expense for the batteries. And I simply do not buy into the idea the displays are so costly. That is simply a production issue.

But until these devices gain some foothold in reality on costs I see zero point to buying into the whole deal...as much as I miss reading I can make due with a free reader on my laptop. Not as convenient but it is also not gonna cost a month's living expenses to buy a reader either.

Oh, btw, I would see no point to adding an MP3 player into a reader either...I can buy a $50 el cheapo player for that if I want music...I would prefer the battery life for the reader. Adding an MP3 play is just a way for the MFG to sell more batteries and inflate the TCO for the device.]]>Apr 14th 2007 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/google-planning-on-getting-into-ebooks-in-a-big-way/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/google-planning-on-getting-into-ebooks-in-a-big-way/Sep 10th 2008 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/google-planning-on-getting-into-ebooks-in-a-big-way/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/google-planning-on-getting-into-ebooks-in-a-big-way/
just found a good ebook search engine which I'd like to share:
http://ebooksearchr.googlepages.com/

It is basically a Google Custom Search engine which searches more than 120 different ebook sites. All ebooks are free to download, most of them are warez (that's why you can find so many different e-books). However, it is thousand times better than a google.com search because it removes all irrelevant sites and searches only the crop of the cream ebook sites...

Give it a try if you like,
HP Solo
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