Posted by Adam Dorsey

The expected launch of “Google Editions” will be in early 2010. Making over a half million e-books available initially for purchase through google or another vendor such as Amazon or B&N. These books will be viewable through any device that has a web browser. The purchased e-book is placed in a “cloud” making it accessible any where in the world. They have gained rights to a large number of books many of which are out of print or ones where no copy write holder can be located. Google ofcourse plans on sharing the profits fairly with publishers and the retailers of the E-books sold. This service is separate from Google Book Search which is of course there plan of scanning all the books known to man (10 million and counting) and making them available on-line. This development will continue to cause confusion in the E-reader market since google is taking a browser centered approach to such devices as they usually do and no firm universal format has been established for the readers yet.