Tuesday, July 13, 2010
[Google Fast Flip] Open vs. Closed: Google Takes on Amazon and Apple in e-Books
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The ebooks wars are heating up
Open vs. Closed: Google Takes on Amazon and Apple in e-Books
KevinCTofel: Those pining for a #webOS Tablet could see one in the 3rd quarter. http://bit.ly/9yUUkG Seems an aggressive timeline to me. Open vs. Closed: Google Takes on Amazon and Apple in e-Books By Mathew Ingram May. 8, 2010, 9:00am PDT 1 Comment As it stands now, the e-book industry is dominated by two closed and proprietary giants: Amazon and Apple. Both have e-book platforms — the Kindle and the iPad — which they design, manufacture and control, and both have been busy trying to convince book publishers to do business with them, with Amazon pushing for lower prices and Apple giving in to publishers' demands for a more flexible approach. The landscape will change dramatically later this year, however, when Google is expected to launch a digital book-selling unit called Google Editions. The search company's entry promises to turn the e-book business into yet another battle in the ongoing war of Open vs. Closed. According to Google product manager Chris Palma, who described the search giant's plans at a recent publishing industry event in New York, it will start selling digital books in late June or July. And unlike books bought from either Apple or Amazon, which are locked ...
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The ebooks wars are heating up
Open vs. Closed: Google Takes on Amazon and Apple in e-Books
KevinCTofel: Those pining for a #webOS Tablet could see one in the 3rd quarter. http://bit.ly/9yUUkG Seems an aggressive timeline to me. Open vs. Closed: Google Takes on Amazon and Apple in e-Books By Mathew Ingram May. 8, 2010, 9:00am PDT 1 Comment As it stands now, the e-book industry is dominated by two closed and proprietary giants: Amazon and Apple. Both have e-book platforms — the Kindle and the iPad — which they design, manufacture and control, and both have been busy trying to convince book publishers to do business with them, with Amazon pushing for lower prices and Apple giving in to publishers' demands for a more flexible approach. The landscape will change dramatically later this year, however, when Google is expected to launch a digital book-selling unit called Google Editions. The search company's entry promises to turn the e-book business into yet another battle in the ongoing war of Open vs. Closed. According to Google product manager Chris Palma, who described the search giant's plans at a recent publishing industry event in New York, it will start selling digital books in late June or July. And unlike books bought from either Apple or Amazon, which are locked ...
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