Google Plans to Enter the E-book Business - PC World
So Google is entering the e-book business, huh? Interesting. The Kindle money looks good from a distance it seems. However, the most telling line in the article writes that this technology from Google is "to allow its partner publishers to make their books available for purchase from any web-enabled device." In other words, a web browser. So Google will offer browser-based e-books, which again is interesting, but may miss the mark. It seems that what Google is forgetting is what Cory Doctorow best summarized when he wrote that readers are "pervy for paper." The Kindle tries to be e-books for paper pervs, while this just seems like Project Gutenberg on steroids. But clearly, this is the year (season?) of the e-book.
