http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/ Engadget Comments for Google gets into the ebook biz, for real this time 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/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/Jun 1st 2009 7:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/Jun 1st 2009 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/
Thanks for setting the record straight... I read about 1 book each week and i see ton's of people at the bookstore... then again as you stated Brian must be an babling idiot.]]>Jun 1st 2009 8:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/Jun 1st 2009 8:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/Jun 2nd 2009 4:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/Jun 1st 2009 7:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/Jun 1st 2009 8:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/Jun 1st 2009 8:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/Jun 1st 2009 8:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/
If records are seeing a spike in sales, then books are not going anywhere, anytime soon.]]>Jun 1st 2009 8:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/
While you're at it, you might want to look up the definition of solipsism. Just because something's true for you, that doesn't make it true for everyone. You embarrass yourself when you say people don't read. This is a golden age of literature. The shelves of any bookstore you go into are filled with more stuff (and more good stuff, despite ninety percent of its being crap) than at any time in history.

A lot of people read. A lot of other people are mouth-breathing idiots who say nobody reads.

Wow. Guess you pushed my button, huh?]]>Jun 1st 2009 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/
I know, I can't believe I read your comment. Next time beam it to my mind, mmmk?]]>Jun 1st 2009 9:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/Jun 1st 2009 11:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/Jun 1st 2009 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/Jun 1st 2009 8:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/Jun 1st 2009 8:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/
Sadly the advance in technologies probably mean the end of libraries as we know them. ]]>Jun 1st 2009 8:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/http://www.overdrive.com/
which, if you check the first heading at their site, distributes and licenses digital distribution of books and media to libraries. I myself have downloaded several to read to my sony reader already through this. I'm not sure how well this works on the other devices, but at least for the sony reader the libraries are still a great place to check books out.]]>Jun 2nd 2009 4:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/]]>Jun 1st 2009 8:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/Jun 1st 2009 8:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/
And for me one of the biggest e-book advantages is the scalability. Google books are very much OCR'd but you always get the scan, which isn't as good as rerendering it and won't use the full display, and uses more data.]]>Jun 1st 2009 8:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/Jun 1st 2009 9:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/Jun 1st 2009 10:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/
Am I the only one thinking 9.99 is too much to pay for a non-physical book that you can't lend out, etc. ?]]>Jun 1st 2009 9:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/
If authors need marketing help, they could hire a specialized book marketing firm (formerly known as a publisher) to take out ads in...bookstores? newspapers? Or do authors just give Amazon an extra cut to get banner ad placement in the Kindle store?]]>Jun 1st 2009 10:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/Jun 2nd 2009 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/Jun 1st 2009 11:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/Jun 2nd 2009 12:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/Jun 2nd 2009 5:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/Jun 2nd 2009 9:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/ Yeah, reading may indeed be a dying art. I have two sons, one quite brilliant. Neither one of them has read a novel unless forced to by high school or college since the Goosebumps days. Both can READ but there is too many other things to occupy them. Err, take that back, they LISTEN to audio books in the car on long trips.
My two sisters and I are constant readers but are in our late 50's or early 60's and grew up in a time when there was only 3 TV stations to our home and music was expensive on vinyl. Reading was THE way to wile away the time.
On my SONY e-reader, I have read ELEVEN novels in the past week alone. Do not be fooled. For those of use who DO read, ebook readers will take over, guaranteed.
I just wish I could get one that could replace all my large nonfiction books that contain a lot of color photos and illustrations. I would then PDF my bookshelves and empty them.
]]>Jul 21st 2009 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/google-gets-into-the-ebook-biz-for-real-this-time/Any assistance shall greatly be appreciated.
Author@EscapingIslam.com]]>Aug 23rd 2009 3:28PM