http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/ Engadget Comments for Google Editions e-book service launching this summer 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/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/May 4th 2010 1:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/May 4th 2010 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/Tomorrow, Google will probably announce a Desktop Operating system, that runs programs from all operating systems, and make their own computer hardware!!
AAAHHH!! ]]>May 4th 2010 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/May 4th 2010 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/
Books have always been the source of the wisdom of entire mankind. To see so many of them (if not almost all) go under the ownership of one privately owned corporation for which they can charge us any price they set, or make a book disappear without any trace, makes me cringe.
I'm not saying they are doing it or they will do it... but there's a chance they can legally do all that and none of us will have any say.

Just say this to yourself and you'll know what I mean:

"The source of wisdom of entire mankind belongs to a corporation!"]]>May 4th 2010 3:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/
I don't understand why people think that Google is bad. Microsoft "controlls" 90% of computers in the world but I don't see anyone being afraid of that.

]]>May 4th 2010 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/Google don't own the books, doofus.
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I'm fine you calling me doofus. You are entitled to it. But please try to read at least some parts of the book settlement issue before you do that. And if you can point me to specific resources that correct me, I'll be grateful. It's always good to get the facts right.

Name-calling doesn't really help much. ]]>May 4th 2010 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/
This was the link I found useful:

http://io9.com/5501426/5-ways-the-google-book-settlement-will-change-the-future-of-reading

Let me know if you know better. ]]>May 4th 2010 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/
As much power as they weild atm, they are pretty benign when you consider exactly how powerful they are. They're like the Jolly giant. Sure every now and then he inadvertantly tramples over a house or 2 but otherwise he's actually less of a threat to people than, say, the local armed militia (Apple). People don't like Google because he's big and is everywhere and they are scared of his power.

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Would be awesome. Especially if they offered textbooks for school....

Evo would be my life...]]>May 4th 2010 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/I already use Google Books on different devices. Integration w Chrome OS and Android I could see.
I just don't want to keep buying the same book four times depending on what the "latest" device is. Google's cloud might partially solve that.]]>May 4th 2010 3:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/May 4th 2010 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/
" let book retailers sell Google Editions on their own site and retain the "bulk of the revenue

it sounds like they want the retailers to garner most of the profit. which is a good thing, cuz it's insane how much profit these publishers are losing through this transition to e-books.]]>May 4th 2010 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/I know but I'm sure they will get a certain % of that revenue. And collectively that'a a lot of money. They are playing smart, luring them in with the "keep most of the revenue". There's always a catch in there which in the end will equal more google money. You dig?]]>May 4th 2010 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/
Good. Now imagine, with ebooks maybe we can skip the publishers altogether and the author can sell the book.]]>May 4th 2010 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/This could easily just be a way for them to get more users and allow publishers to sell their books and take all the profits at the same time.]]>May 4th 2010 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/My guess (from reading this) as well as my hope is that Google says: "you set the price you want to sell it for, and we'll take x%." Hopefully the percentage will be low, and I suspect it will be. Also, if publishers can set their own prices then they can be competitive while still making money. Open competition will be what the publishers want (instead of Google setting a price), and will benefit the consumers since it should lead to lower prices.]]>May 4th 2010 2:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/True and the reason I said money making. Think about it, that X% in terms of money and if you have enough retailers to take on your offer and set their own prices (which I think will be higher than what google would have thought of) then google is still going to make money from traffic and X% of sales added on top. So either way they make money. Nothing wrong with it, matter of fact I admire their business model, it works so well, lets just hope there's no stupid anti-trust lawsuit here or some sort of similar bs from other companies trying to block this move!]]>May 4th 2010 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/I agree 100%. Like I said, makes sense for all parties involved - Google, publishers, consumers. The only people who might not like it are Apple, Amazon, etc, because Google has the power to become very competitive very quickly.

I'm interested to see if they add any "features" to the books. Personally I could do without them, but with eBooks there are many possibilities to do more than just digitize a print edition of a book. If Google doesn't do anything in that area then I have a feeling Apple will. Google could have lower prices but Apple more "features" (not hating on Apple, but most of the features probably won't actually be used that often, just more of a selling point).]]>May 4th 2010 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/So far MS, Amazon, and I think Apple are trying to block google's move to digitize prints. They are fighting againts google and so is the writers guild. I don't see an issue in digitize prints especially if you are guaranteed huge chunk of revenue and you still have the ownership. I love reading and would love to have all my books in some sort of electronic form and save some trees (not a tree hugger but environmental aware). So lets see how it plays out.]]>May 4th 2010 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/May 4th 2010 3:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/True. Picture this
Lauren asks Gill; What are you up to girl?
Gill: Just reading a book I found from google and apparantely they have retailers that carry them too. I love their selection, this one is about a woman that conquers it all
Lauren: That sounds interesting, I'll go take a look
--She goes and looks at the retailer with books by google banner at the top and she buys the book. She likes it and tells her friends at the spa
--Friends decide to go give a look and find that it's all true, good prices, great services and discounts too. So they spread the word.
--Revenues start to grow and profits are made and book readers rejoice and those who are environmentally aware will give google thumbs up. Ka ching

but somewhere along those lines I expect some anti-trust, anticompetetitive bs because a certain company or person is angry that they didn't think of it first. Ha!]]>May 4th 2010 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/May 4th 2010 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/May 4th 2010 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/No such thing...I wish I had that much spare capital :-P]]>May 4th 2010 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/
Believe it or not, that's what some analysts are saying and also why the CEO of Yahoo! was saying Google needs to diversify.

They all say the same thing. Google has so much money they aren't exactly sure what to do with it. They dabble in projects and experiements but rarely ever truly push through with any clear business model; much of that is they have so much money they can afford to just throw it into any project at a whim.

I like having Google around. It helps balance the other big players like Apple. Google is a much, much bigger threat to Apple than any other company. But to stay in that position, they are going to need to push their projects beyodn just the "grand experiment" stage.

Wouldn't call myself a fan of Google, but I appreciate that they help to keep other players a bit honest. And damn, most of their things are free. It's hard not to like them.]]>May 4th 2010 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/May 4th 2010 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/
I wouldnt be surprised if they do release a android app for this in june because Froyo 2.2 is going to be announced on May 20 and release in June. ]]>May 4th 2010 2:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/May 4th 2010 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/May 4th 2010 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/ no]]>May 4th 2010 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/May 4th 2010 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/May 4th 2010 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/
/s]]>May 4th 2010 2:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/
Apple to Google: "You're so immature."

Google: "Shut up, that's why."]]>May 4th 2010 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/May 4th 2010 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/erm... google books was announced years ago... just fyi...]]>May 4th 2010 4:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/May 4th 2010 2:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/I have been waiting for this.]]>May 4th 2010 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/May 4th 2010 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/May 4th 2010 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/May 4th 2010 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/Said the person who copied them by putting "i" before his name, you're coooooooooool]]>May 4th 2010 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/May 4th 2010 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/i'm repeating myself right now but what the hell...
"erm... google books was announced years ago... just fyi..."
justfuckinggoogleit[DOT]com]]>May 4th 2010 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/google-editions-e-book-service-launching-this-summer/May 4th 2010 2:34PM