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  Google eBook Store Opens In UK

  1729 readersGoogle has opened its eBook store in the UK. The store includes eBooks from Hachette, Random House and Penguin, as well as more than two million public domain eBooks. Like the Google eBook store in the U.S., smaller independent booksellers can sell eBooks via the Google store. At launch Google has a partnership with indie bookseller

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  Google eBooks comes to Canada

  831 readers From the Inside Google Books blog (blockquotes omitted): In the latest chapter of the roll-out of our eBookstore, we’re pleased to announce that Google eBooks has just launched in Canada. Readers there can now access our vast online catalogue, including hundreds of thousands of titles for sale and more than two million free

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  Google eBookstore Has Launched

  1133 readersGoogle Editions launched this morning with the new name, Google eBookstore. We will be following this story all day, but here are a few links. We’ve embedded the front-page titles above, so click to enlarge for pricing and eBook selection. Acco...

• Thoughts on Random Penguin From the UK

  911 readers Some thoughts from the UK on the Penguin-Random House merger: - Random House Penguin can also be abbreviated to “Ruin” (credit to Ben Evans, a media and telecomm analyst from Enders Analysis for that one) - MacMillan + Hachette = Mache[t]te (credit to Waterstones UK for that one) - Harper Collins + Simon & Schuster = Harsch (my

• Thoughts on Random Penguin From the UK

  843 readers Some thoughts from the UK on the Penguin-Random House merger: - Random House Penguin can also be abbreviated to “Ruin” (credit to Ben Evans, a media and telecomm analyst from Enders Analysis for that one) - MacMillan + Hachette = Mache[t]te (credit to Waterstones UK for that one) - Harper Collins + Simon & Schuster = Harsch (my

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  Google’s eBookstore Opens In Canada

  1123 readersGoogle has opened its eBookstore in Canada. Like the Google’s eBookstore in the U.S. and the UK, the Canadian store includes more than 2 million public domain titles. It also includes publishing partnerships. Mobile Syrup has more: “Google has signed deals with a number of publishers, several representing Canada: McNally Robinson, Penguin, Random House and

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  Google Books Launches in Canada

  1545 readersBy Hannah Johnson Following its initial launch in the United Stats almost a year ago, the Google Books platform recently launched in the UK in October, and in Canada on Tuesday. As of the launch, Google Books Canada has partnerships with major Canadian publishers, including Random House, McClelland & Stewart, Douglas & McIntyre, House of Anansi and

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  Calibre starts drm-free ebook site

  4624 readersCalibre has just started a new site for drm-free ebooks.  Here’s what they say: calibre introduces Open Books, a site for easy browsing of DRM-free e-books (e-books without DRM) that are not in the public domain. calibre has a cornucopia of features including library management, e-book conversion, syncing with devices, news download, e-book viewing etc,

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  Where to Find Free eBooks on the Web

  728 readersThe increasing trend to buy smartphones, ebook readers and tablets has the purpose to facilitate carrying a larger number of books on you. It is usually very expensive to buy ebooks from Amazon and other retail stores, thus users have started to hunt free options on the Internet. Public domain books are those downloadable for

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  Random House Now On NetGalley

  971 readersThe Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, has partnered with NetGalley. Under the terms of the partnership, the publisher will release digital versions of its galleys through the digital distributor to book professionals. Random House joins more than a hundred other publishers including: Hachette, HarperCollins and Penguin. The launch title for this new