For those of you who may have forgotten, Google did launch an e-book store of its own in 2010. Google eBookstore was an exciting project that had the potential to put a lot of pressure on other top players in the e-book industry. Since we did not have e-readers that came integrated with this store, [...]

In case you missed it, Google just launched its all new ebook store to give authors, publishers, and ebook fans more ways to publish and consume content. Google ebooks are stored in the cloud, allowing e-book buyers to access their content on multiple devices. With over 3 million titles available in Google’s eBook Store, it [...]

Google is one of the most innovative companies around the world. The company is not only good at developing new products and services but is particularly very competent in taking advantage of others’ hard work to grow its own business. Take the case of Apple iPhone. While many experts sided with Google during that episode [...]

Google has officially declared war on Amazon for the e-book market supremacy. Unlike most companies involved in the e-book industry, Google does not have its own reader, but it has Sony and Coolerreads. Google and Amazon have been at it for a while now. Amazon is not a big fan of Google Books project. In [...]

Many experts have talked about in the past that whichever company solves the content access riddle will probably win the e-book reader wars. It’s given that Sony was in the game way before Amazon entered the market. But Amazon’s innovative features and the overall Kindle experience has given Amazon a huge momentum in the e-book [...]

Google has been shooting for world domination for years now. Google is not afraid to go after Apple to challenge iPhone or challenge Microsoft in the netbook market. So it’s not a surprise that Amazon expects a fierce challenge in its potential showdown with Google in the near future.  No wonder Amazon’s blood is boiling [...]

You thought Apple may be the toughest competitor to Amazon in the e-book market (with its upcoming MediaPad)? Think again. Google did announce a while back that it was planning to compete with Amazon (in an indirect way). But who knew Google had grand plans for the e-book market? Google announced that it is working [...]

A few months ago, I wrote a piece on how Google was building its content network for a potential show-down with Amazon over the e-book market supremacy. There was never a question that Google would not come up with its own hardware in this market. But a partnership with a Kindle competitor was always on [...]

Recently, I read an article about Google’s book scanning project (book search) where Google partners up with publishers, libraries, and so on to build its digital library. Google has been at it since 2005, and it has scanned about 1 million books! That got to be alarming to Amazon. Google is known for entering markets [...]