Thursday, July 30, 2009

Pingie: HTTP:: Google Books Provides Sony 039 s eBook Store with 1 Million Titles

HTTP:: Google Books Provides Sony 039 s eBook Store with 1 Million Titles
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Google is sticking behind the Books project even though it's one of its most controversial products. Criticized by its competitors and under scrutiny by the US Department of Justice, the search giant is plowing ahead announcing a new partnership with Sony, which will allow users of the company's Reader to access over 500,000 more free digital copies of works either out of copyright or in the public domain. This brings the number of free books provided by Google to Sony's eBook Store to a nice, round 1 million. “We are committed to ensuring our customers have the freedom to discover and read content from the widest possible range of sources,” said Chris Smythe, director of the eBook Store from Sony. “We’re proud to offer access to the broadest range of eBooks today â€" from hot new releases, to New York Times Best Sellers, to classics and hard to find manuscripts such as those available for free from Google.” Sony may not be an established player in the e-book !
market but it is a serious contender and was in fact first to the market with the launch of its e-book Reader. Since then, though, Amazon has become the dominant force, really driving e-books into the mainstream. But, with the new addition, Sony has now the largest catalogue of the three main ...
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