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By: Bonjour, je m’appelle… « teXtes

Bonjour, je m’appelle… « teXtes — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:22:23 +0000

[...] Il est prévu que les sites de leurs membres vont travailler en partenariat avec Google, dans le cadre du programme Google Editions, ce qui leur permettra de vendre des livres numériques “on the cloud“. [...]

By: Chris Eastvedt : Google Editions Wants to Cloud Stream your eBooks

Chris Eastvedt : Google Editions Wants to Cloud Stream your eBooks — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:26:37 +0000

[...] good to see publishing technology is still moving forward. The latest hipster on the scene is cloud streaming (cloud publishing, cloud computing), where content is stored in a central server on the net rather than saved to a device. The [...]

By: Carmen

Carmen — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:20:26 +0000

Es ist eine Sache, ein Buch über einen Computer oder Laptop zu lesen, aber eine ganz andere Erfahrung Bücher zu lesen auf einem Kindle. Der logische nächste Schritt wird die Entwicklung der e-ink/e-book Geräte, die Google Gears und das Google-Content-Editionen. Ich würde mich nicht wundern, wenn Mitteilungen nicht zum Vorschein gekommen …

By: Google’s Cloud Publishing Plans | Find eBook Readers Blog

Google’s Cloud Publishing Plans | Find eBook Readers Blog — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:43:28 +0000

[...] Recommended Reading: For an interesting and in-depth article about cloud publishing and Google see Blackplasticglasses.com’s post. [...]

By: Karen Carter

Karen Carter — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:16:52 +0000

Evan, I learned a great deal from this post and link to it in a lengthy article on e-books. I’d appreciate it if (in your spare time, of course) you’d read E-Books: Where Literature and Technology Meet on The Know Something Project (http://www.knowsomethingproject.com) and let me know what you think of it. Thanks so much!

Karen Carter
Denver CO

By: trav

trav — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:32:22 +0000

I think this is where Google has been going since day one of the Android platform. It has supported in app purchases since then. It wouldn’t be hard to roll out your proposed access/payment system there.

I don’t see why this wouldn’t work for text books though?

Services like BookGlutton.com are already allowing people to make their own notes and share with self-selected other users.
I could see a class all dialing into their accts and viewing the same text and making notes, a notes-stream which could even be viewable by all in real-time.
If publishers would tie in some of the gps-specific features they could even serve up reader/demographic specific ads, such as wowio.com has done with pdf’s.
So many options for publishers in the near term! (Great post, btw.)

By: Cloud Publishing: O que o Google Faria se Fosse uma Editora? | PONTOLIT

Cloud Publishing: O que o Google Faria se Fosse uma Editora? | PONTOLIT — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:40:29 +0000

[...] este ano, no mercado de venda de livros digitais. Com o lançamento do Google Editions (este é o nome previsto da iniciativa), é bem provável que tenhamos que repensar tanto o conceito de ebooks quanto o de [...]

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Links for 6th June 2009 | Velcro City Tourist Board — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:03:08 +0000

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By: Google Enters the Ebook Market | Dear Author: Romance Novel Reviews, Industry News, and Commentary

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:00:23 +0000

[...] or the life of the computer I used to authenticate the ebook reading software). Google stretches the concept of ownership of ebooks even thinner with its upcoming Google [...]

By: Evan

Evan — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:30:49 +0000

I agree that this is not for textbooks and yes, the Pixel Qi is certainly one of several new or forthcoming devices taht will do so… but that is an apples v oranges discussion. Google Editions by its very nature and collection of content primarily about trade, academic, and other non-textbooks.