After months of speculation, Google’s ebookstore opened for business on Monday, revealing answers to questions about what it will offer and the formats it will support. As well as providing books for sale, Google has made some of its vast collection of out-of-copyright books available for free, including books from Jane Austen, Mark Twain and Charles Dickens. The store is presently open only in the United States. It will open in other countries early in 2011. As with e-books from Amazon, Google’s e-books are priced significantly lower than their print counterparts, in the $9.99 to $12.99 range.
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Google Splashes Into E-Book Sales
Posted by: Rob Spiegel December 6, 2010 12:25 PMAfter months of speculation, Google’s ebookstore opened for business on Monday, revealing answers to questions about what it will offer and the formats it will support. As well as providing books for sale, Google has made some of its vast collection of out-of-copyright books available for free, including books from Jane Austen, Mark Twain and Charles Dickens. The store is presently open only in the United States. It will open in other countries early in 2011. As with e-books from Amazon, Google’s e-books are priced significantly lower than their print counterparts, in the $9.99 to $12.99 range.