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Monday, June 1, 2009

Books How Did I Miss This?

Posted by on Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 2:36 PM

Apparently, yesterday Google announced it would sell e-books, placing it in direct competition with Amazon.com.

Google has discussed such plans with publishers before, but it has now committed the company to going live with the project by the end of 2009. In a presentation at BookExpo, Tom Turvey, director of strategic partnerships at Google, added the phrase: “This time we mean it.”

If you were thinking about buying a Kindle in the next few months, I'd suggest that you wait.

(Via Maud.)

 

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Jigae 1
This is all so VHS/Beta/BluRay/whatever-the-competing-format-was. I'd love an eBook reader, but it seems stupid to get one at this stage of the game.
Posted by Jigae on June 1, 2009 at 2:49 PM
Will in Seattle 2
I agree with waiting.

If you had waited to buy a 1080p HDTV set in the 40 inch range until this month, you'd have saved between $2000 and $4000 dollars.

And realized that HDTV players work perfectly fine for now.
Posted by Will in Seattle http://www.facebook.com/WillSeattle on June 1, 2009 at 2:51 PM
3
You missed it because you were so busy looking in the mirror and talking about yourself you couldn't notice there was something else going on in the world.

Self-centred fuck.
Posted by Max J on June 1, 2009 at 3:06 PM
Andy_Squirrel 4
i wonder if Kanye would back Amazon or Google? my guess is that he has never heard of Amazon.com
Posted by Andy_Squirrel on June 1, 2009 at 3:20 PM
Serial Monogamist 5
Wow, Max. Someone took a shit in your Krispy Kreme box today, din't they?
Posted by Serial Monogamist http://datingisweird.blogspot.com/ on June 1, 2009 at 3:42 PM
Will in Seattle 6
You know, at least Jeff Bezos has good choice in movies, I'll give him that much. It was fun watching the opening night for shorts with him.
Posted by Will in Seattle http://www.facebook.com/WillSeattle on June 1, 2009 at 3:52 PM
w7ngman 7
#3 sounds like a real winner.
Posted by w7ngman http://userscripts.org/users/89370 on June 1, 2009 at 4:01 PM
8
I'm not getting the Constant hate, but whatever.
Posted by keshmeshi on June 1, 2009 at 4:03 PM

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