Amazon and Google to follow Apple’s footsteps by launching an electronic book store (“ebook”) self-named “Google Editions.”
Google Services Edition is expected to be launched in the United States later this year. Google said the launch of Google Editions internationally conducted January, as quoted by the Telegraph.
Wall Street Journal reported, an online store that allows users to download millions of books for free. Those who want to download “ebook” to “eBook reader,” computers or “smartphone” they will pay 80 percent of the lowest prices Editions cetak.Google edition is expected to offer a business model “read anywhere,” with the availability of “ebook” from Google themselves as other online retailers, online united with a single Google account to create a virtual library.
The users will be able to access their library in a device that allows web access through browser.Para experts said Google’s approach could prove to disrupt the ebook market. Amazon currently dominates, with an estimated two-thirds share of the product user pasar.Para output Amazon eBook reader, Kindle, can only download the book from Amazon site. Although they can also be read on a variety of devices that operate the applications Amazon Kindle.
Editions Google could extend the life line of independent publishers and booksellers to fight to stay alive in an era of digital.Google have started their ambitious effort to scan more than 150 million books. And, to make them accessible online, through the website. Search engine company said it has changed about 10 percent of their collections in the form of digital.Menurut Forrester Research, digital book sales worldwide is estimated to reach approximately 966 million dollars this year. While experts estimate that the ebook will sell about 15 million units this year.
