Publishers Tell Google and Their Ebook Plans to Get Bent [Rumor]


The vision of ebooks Google has presented to publishers: allowing people to print copies, cut and paste portions, and paying publishers 63 percent of the revenue. The vision the publishers presented in return: Go eff yourself.

That’s right, Google’s finally getting around to opening an ebook store too—called Google Editions, and it’s been in the works for a while—the idea being that people will be able to read the books on any internet-connected device.

[Read the full news story on Gizmodo]

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