Amazon Responds to Google eBooks with Kindle for the Web

In What's the Buzz by Hannah Johnson

By Hannah Johnson Yesterday, Google announced the launch of its eBookstore (formerly Google Editions). This e-commerce platform offers browser-based reading on PCs and downloads to mobile and reading devices. Google also encourages partnership agreements with third-party websites to sell their e-books. Today, Amazon announced that its two-month-old beta project, Kindle for the Web, will soon allow users to read and …

Will Google eBooks Save Indie Booksellers?

In What's the Buzz by Hannah Johnson

By Hannah Johnson The Google eBookstore launched today in the USA to much chatter and speculation about how it will change the e-book market. One of the major changes that the Google eBookstore brings is its open platform that allows partner and affiliate retailers to sell Google eBooks. Through an agreement with the American Booksellers Association (ABA) and agreements with …