Ceci n’est pas un ebook « Black Plastic Glasses

Is Google Editions the death of e-books?

I don’t think so … sitting upright at a PC will never be the best way to read a long complex document.

Google Editions is the coming out party for “cloud publishing” where content is purchased, but never physically owned. Cloud publishing is where downloading will only be done to enable offline access, not ownership. If this works, we won’t care about epub, we wont care about Digital Editions vs. Mobipocket vs. Kindle Reader. All we will need is a device with a browser that allows us to log on to our Google Account and install Google Gears.

via Ceci n’est pas un ebook « Black Plastic Glasses.

Related posts:

1. #Google Editions has it in for science and academic publishers
2. Book Kismet: an open, platform-agnostic architecture for social books
3. Integrating physical books and electronic services
4. World’s tallest man saves plastic eating dolphins
5. will my Nimble book be published as an e-book? #ebook