Comments on: Google to Take on Amazon in eBooks

By: Zemalf

Zemalf — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:51:03 +0000

I think this is great news, the Amazon & Kindle monopoly will do no-one any good. And people are buying and downloading more and more eBooks already, so I see Google seriously taking on with Amazon on the electronic book market.

It won’t remove the love for printed books thou (not PDFs printed from your printer that is) as reading a “real book” will be around for quite some time. On the other hand, there were people who predicted that no-one will buy books without touching and browsing them, so I guess we’ll have to see how this one goes

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By: Brennan

Brennan — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:08:56 +0000

Google again tries to spread and it is starting to spread itself too thin in my opinion and also sets itself up for anti-trust lawsuits. I think Amazon will continue to dominate physical book sales which is where most of the market is at right now. The e-book thing has never really caught on to the degree everyone wished and will probably just keep its internet marketing market. I hardly read any e-books but usually purchase a few books a year from Amazon and I think this is about regular with the trend.

By: Jordan McCollum

Jordan McCollum — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:00:33 +0000

I agree, but that’s kind of neither here nor there. Obviously even if Google does win, Amazon will still dominate physical book sales.

By: Dean Higginbotham

Dean Higginbotham — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:54:01 +0000

There is still something to be said for physical books. So even if Google does win the e-book battle, how big a victory is that (relatively speaking)?

A couple things remind me that physical is better than digital in this:
–what do I have to do in the intern to be able to read my digital book ten years from now?
–unless I spend more money to buy a device, I can’t read in bed, outside, etc..then spend more money to keep my devices up to date too.
–there’s something to be said about the “cool” factor of having a shelf of books and going to the physical store to feel the heft of the book and enjoy that environment

I know my techie friends are tired of having to re-buy all their movies every few years. They talk about not looking forward to having to also re-buy their books, or convert them, or whatever.

imo, digital is great, but more for reference, searching, etc.