Yesterday it was announced that Google would be opening an e bookstore to compete with Amazon & Apple & all other e book sellers. Google let's you download to Android, the iPhone or iPod Touch or to a Sony or Nook. Notice I didn't mention the Kindle. Not sure why it's not supported. You can also download to your computer to read online. This is what I did.
I'm not ready to spend $150 on any e reader, & I'm not even sure e books are that good an idea. One thing I did notice is that the free selection is limited to old books, not all of which I would call "classics". I downloaded "The Prince" by Niccolo Machiavelli originally published in 1532. The free selection is full of stuff like this, also Shakespeare, Dickens, the Wizard of Oz books, & all the Sherlock Holmes stories. Maybe if I had one of the supported e readers I would look at the books to buy.
I'm not sure about this. Barnes & Noble & Borders both have books downloadable to your computer, but you have to install a e reader program on your computer. Google's seems to be built in to it's website, since all I did was click on the book title & it immediately opened. That's an improvement, but I still wonder who is going to use it. Again especially since the biggest selling reader is not supported.
I'm not ready to spend $150 on any e reader, & I'm not even sure e books are that good an idea. One thing I did notice is that the free selection is limited to old books, not all of which I would call "classics". I downloaded "The Prince" by Niccolo Machiavelli originally published in 1532. The free selection is full of stuff like this, also Shakespeare, Dickens, the Wizard of Oz books, & all the Sherlock Holmes stories. Maybe if I had one of the supported e readers I would look at the books to buy.
I'm not sure about this. Barnes & Noble & Borders both have books downloadable to your computer, but you have to install a e reader program on your computer. Google's seems to be built in to it's website, since all I did was click on the book title & it immediately opened. That's an improvement, but I still wonder who is going to use it. Again especially since the biggest selling reader is not supported.
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