Here in Canada, sometimes we get the short end of the stick in terms of digital content. Most of the time the selection for ebooks severely lacks with major companies, due to publisher agreements and geo-restrictions. Google eBooks quietly launched in Canada today and the bestseller titles are severely lacking.Google eBooks boasts 2 million free ebooks that are mostly … [Read more...] about Google eBooks launches in Canada
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Google eBooks Launches Today in the UK
The Google Books system is now available for United Kingdom residents after what feels like an eternity! The company is now offering direct access to its millions of free books and its strong list of mainly fiction and bestsellers with Google eBooks!Starting today, customers who live in the UK have the ability to buy the latest books by publishing companies such as … [Read more...] about Google eBooks Launches Today in the UK
Google eBooks Planning Simultaneous Launch in UK, Canada, and Australia
Google eBooks is the new store that Google put up earlier this year. It gives you the ability to purchase books directly and are normally bestsellers and modern day books. The company has only been targeting the USA up until this point and they have plans to do simultaneous launches of the store in Australia, Canada, and the UK.Google had sent Canadian publishers last month … [Read more...] about Google eBooks Planning Simultaneous Launch in UK, Canada, and Australia
Google Integrates eBook Sharing in Their Social Networking Site
Google today announced that they made a new feature for users to share the books they are reading on the new Google+ social network. Any book on Google books, whether it is a free or paid book, can be shared with your Circles.This is a great new feature that allows you to share books with your friends and organize a quick pickup game of literary reading. You can also share … [Read more...] about Google Integrates eBook Sharing in Their Social Networking Site
Google to digitize French eBooks by Hachette Livre
Google has been forming many partnerships the last few months to digitize a wide array of ebooks. In June the company made an agreement with the British Library to scan over 250,000 ebooks and make them available for free. Today French publisher Hachette Livre and Google signed a contract, 2 months ahead of schedule to digitize close to 50,000 ebooks.Google will be doing … [Read more...] about Google to digitize French eBooks by Hachette Livre
Google eBooks to Launch in Canada Soon
The Google eBooks paid version that has access to the latest best sellers and most modern content is finally expanding to Canada. Right now to purchase paid content you must be in the USA. Which is good news, because the iRiver Story HD e-reader has just hit the market and taps into the Google Books ecosystem to download content. Of course downside of the new device is that at … [Read more...] about Google eBooks to Launch in Canada Soon
Google Partners with the British Library to Digitize 250,000 Books
Google has formed a partnership with the British Library in the United Kingdom to digitize many historical works amounting to over 40 million pages of content.  The books Google is scanning at an undisclosed location and will cover the span between the French Revolution to the end of slavery.Google has been sued in the past from publishers and estates because some of the … [Read more...] about Google Partners with the British Library to Digitize 250,000 Books
Google eBooks Looking to Close the Gap with Amazon, B&N
Without its own brand-specific e-reader device or online platform, Google eBooks has relied on a variety of sources for catalog content. From its inception, it made digital versions of public domain titles available at minimal costs, as well as welcoming publishers’ back list titles, books that may have otherwise never seen the digital light of day.By starting slowly and … [Read more...] about Google eBooks Looking to Close the Gap with Amazon, B&N
Adobe Content Server 4 Licensed for Google eBook Store ePubs
Here is a bit of news from the Adobe camp, Google has licensed their Adobe Content 4 software for the encryption of the Google eBooks offered in both ePub and PDF format.Recently Google opened their new eBook store and obviously a solution was needed in order to make the ebooks as accessible as possible on not only PC's, but tablets, e-readers and other devices. Most … [Read more...] about Adobe Content Server 4 Licensed for Google eBook Store ePubs
Archos e-reader under FCC scanner
After Barnes & Noble's NookColor, its now Archos that has lined up an e-reader running Android at the FCC. The similarities does not end here as the Archos e-reader also features an LCD display, measures 7 inches and also seems to be capable of playing back video and image files in full color.Apart from these, the very few specifications of the e-reader (bearing model … [Read more...] about Archos e-reader under FCC scanner
Google Editions launches as Google ebooks – Claims 3 Million titles
Formally known as Google Editions, today the mighty search engine company rolled out the much anticipated http://books.google.com/ where US based owners can now purchase the books. International users will have to wait to next year in order to start purchasing ebooksAmazon. Google said its digital books are compatible with a number of reading devices, including the Barnes and … [Read more...] about Google Editions launches as Google ebooks – Claims 3 Million titles