google-ebook

Google is planning to release an ebook store with over 400,00 books online. You can either walk down to you local library to read a book or just google it. With google coming up with yet to say more books, there need not to worry about book availability in libraries. Amazon has a smiler service but unlike them google’s Ebook should be usable on any device.

Google Editions will utilise three business models;

• The first will allow consumers to purchase directly from Google EBooks. This model would gives Google a 37% share of the sale, with the rest going to the publisher.
• The second model would consist of purchases made from partner retailers, with Google getting 55% of the sale.
• The last model Google is looking at will have customers going directly to a publisher’s website to make purchases. No decisions have been made on the split for this option.

This service should be arriving early 2010 so, surfs up.