Consumers in the Cloud: Google and Digital Books (TOCCON 2010)
How it works: Users preview book on Google.com. They can buy the book directly from Google.com or through retailer site. User then owns a Google Edition ebook. All users books will then be online and accessible anywhere, anytime in the cloud in their Google Books library. Further: eBooks will be full colour (they were scanned in colour)
Social features / sharing margin notes
Seamless reading between devices
Using HTML5, users can also read offline
Simple ereader interface in the browser
Will support DRM and DRM-free content (depending on publisher requirements)
Will allow copy/paste/print or not (depending on publisher requirements)
Revenue split when buying directly from Google Books: 37% to Google, 63% to publisher
Territory rights of the publishers will be respected (not sure how they’re going to do this)
You’re not locked into Google if you buy their books.You can take the files with you if you leave. And devices should be able to access the open-standards data. Google Books is part of the Data Liberation Front at Google
Ideas: bundling ebook with print book
The Google eReader will launch in 2010, mostly likely in the early part of second half of the year.
Social features / sharing margin notes
Seamless reading between devices
Using HTML5, users can also read offline
Simple ereader interface in the browser
Will support DRM and DRM-free content (depending on publisher requirements)
Will allow copy/paste/print or not (depending on publisher requirements)
Revenue split when buying directly from Google Books: 37% to Google, 63% to publisher
Territory rights of the publishers will be respected (not sure how they’re going to do this)
You’re not locked into Google if you buy their books.You can take the files with you if you leave. And devices should be able to access the open-standards data. Google Books is part of the Data Liberation Front at Google
Ideas: bundling ebook with print book
The Google eReader will launch in 2010, mostly likely in the early part of second half of the year.
Abe: “This is a great year for ebooks and Google’s gonna be part of that.”