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Yesterday was quite a day for Google, with the announcement of the Nexus S and Android 2.3 Gingerbread, so it wouldn’t be much of a surprise if the opening of their eBook store passed some people by. The prospect of a Google book store has been on the cards for a while, with the project previously [...]
Google eBook Store Launched Stateside, Coming to Europe Soon
p styletextalign justifyimg classaligncenter sizefull wpimage19277 titlegoogle ebooks srchttpblog.dialaphone.co.ukwpcontentuploads201012googleebooks.jpg alt width374 height154 Yesterday was quite a day for Google, with the announcement of the Nexus S and Android 2.3 Gingerbread, so it wouldn8217t be much of a surprise if the opening of their eBook store passed some people by.The prospect of a Google book store has been on the cards for a while, with the project previously being known as Google Editions.pp styletextalign justifySo what is inside the new Google eBook Store Well, for us Europeans, nothing at all yet, as the international rollout of the service won8217t begin until 2011 however if you8217re in the USA, there are around 3 million titles ready for download. These range from free, public domain works to paytitles from a variety of publishers.pp styletextalign justifyIn addition to reading books on your computer or eReader, an iPhone appand an Android app 8211 both of which are already available in the USA 8211 will allow you to continue reading when you8217re out and about.What8217s more, all your books are stored inside your Google account, so bookmarks are automatically synced and you can pick up where you left off.pp styletextalign justifyEach app will offer the usual eReader features, such as selectable font size, line spacing, typeface, justification and a night mode.Books can be stored on your device for offline reading too.pp styletextalign justifyOf course, Google aren8217t the only eBook provider in town and they face stiff competition from Amazon, Apple and the many less wellknown providers.For a quick overview of what to expect and how the service will integrate with your mobile phone, take a look at Google8217s explanatory video.pp styletextalign justifyDo you read eBooks on your smartphoneWill you be making use of Google8217s library when it8217s launched in the UK Tell us in the comments.ppobject stylewidth 450px height 271px classidclsidd27cdb6eae6d11cf96b8444553540000 width450 height271 codebasehttpdownload.macromedia.compubshockwavecabsflashswflash.cabversion6,0,40,0param namesrc valuehttpwww.youtube.comvZKEaypYJbb4fs1amphlenGB embed stylewidth 450px height 271px typeapplicationxshockwaveflash width450 height271 srchttpwww.youtube.comvZKEaypYJbb4fs1amphlenGBembedobjectpa targetblank relnofollow hrefhttpblog.dialaphone.co.uk20101207googleebookstorelaunchedstatesidecomingtoeuropesoonMobile Phone Bloga
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