Google Editions

Google's Google Editions service is a online book store that will allow customers to buy e-books through a variety of formats for use on any number of devices. This means the service could be potentially open to any electronic reading device. 


Details on Google Editions, amassed from news reports and confirmation from Google itself, reveal that Google Editions is set to launch sometime in the first half of 2010 and, according to Google, will have about 500,000 titles available from day one.




Reuters reports that Google-sold e-books also will be indexed and searchable similar to the way that Google's Book Search project. Any device with a Web browser -- computer, mobile device, whatever -- will be able to access Google Editions.

Google will be getting a 37% cut on any sale, rather than pushing electronic devices, Google is taking the slice from the sales letting the others make investment in product - good idea eh?