Google to Enter E-Book Market: Report

Courtesy Topix - Business News Sun, 05/31/2009 - 23:00

According to a report in the New York Times, Google has its sights trained squarely on the e-book market. This move would pit Google against Amazon.com, which has a big head start in the e-book market with the versions it sells for its Kindle device (shown above).

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No doubt, Google will outdo

Posted by Kingsdown mattress on Tue, 07/28/2009 - 04:55.

No doubt, Google will outdo everyone else in the e-book market. It seems as though everything to do is better than anyone else.

The New Trend for

Posted by tiffany jewellery on Thu, 07/23/2009 - 01:52.

my searching of e-book from internet,hope a better conditions

Seems like a kinda weird

Posted by Italian Dude on Thu, 07/02/2009 - 07:55.

Seems like a kinda weird market for Google to go after, but if they think there's money in it then they're probably right.

Ebooks suck!

Posted by Best Resveratrol on Wed, 07/01/2009 - 13:44.

There's never been anything of value in any ebook. I would think that google would have better things to do with their time and money.

Gotta luv Google!

Posted by Pam Renovato on Thu, 06/25/2009 - 18:02.

Google will absolutely have a shot at competing with Amazon.

I think Big G offers a lot of great resources it makes sense to add ebooks.

I own an iLiad iRex

Posted by How To Make Friends on Mon, 06/22/2009 - 22:34.

And now I wish I didn't :/ Google pwns :(

Interesting

Posted by christine on Mon, 06/22/2009 - 01:20.

This will be a hard fought battle. If google wanted to they could definitely get the upper-hand. Why do I say this? Because google controls the largest search engine around. And if they really were fighting with amazon - they could drop all amazon postings from their search. You may think this is extreme - but whether you would agree with these tactics or not, this is an option that could literally drop amazon overnight.

Good Luck

Posted by Marie on Fri, 06/19/2009 - 11:44.

I think there will be tough competition between Amazon and Google. Well good luck google on this new ventures of yours.

Google can tap into

Posted by Rock Star on Wed, 06/17/2009 - 04:48.

Google can tap into everything they want... but they're not always doing well with that

Uh Oh.

Posted by WPAllen on Mon, 06/15/2009 - 13:39.

I wonder if this will help or hurt the e-book sales of online publishers. I suppose with exposure from Google it will be a good thing. Maybe I should get into the e-book publishing game.

Google will defeate Amazon!

Posted by online criminal records on Sun, 06/14/2009 - 23:30.

I love Google, as it's smart and user-friendly. I am optimistic about Google's win in ebook market, just wait and see ;)

I think this is going to be

Posted by Visitor on Wed, 06/10/2009 - 17:25.

I think this is going to be an interesting competition. Google vs. the experienced Amazon. Google dominates everything, wonder if they can pull it off this time.

Ron

Google!

Posted by Michael Brown on Tue, 06/09/2009 - 15:51.

I love google, its very user-friendly and they see to it that they are always current with the needs of the online world. Google is taking over the world.

Google Is Funny

Posted by jerry pink on Tue, 06/09/2009 - 12:40.

Is there anything Google doesn't want to dominate? Good luck against Amazon.

Well...

Posted by Increase Cum on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 11:02.

Google can tap into everything they want... but they're not always doing well with that (hint: Google Android, etc.)

Market expansion is OK, but at times being too greedy would be just ridiculous.

My $0.2c though...