Google launches its ebooks platform in Canada

anonymoose · 11-01-2011, 06:20 PM

Google entered the crowded Canadian ebook market Tuesday, launching an online store that will compete for readers against established giants Amazon and Kobo.

Full article: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/google-laun...160026871.html

The article compared some prices between Kobo and Google, and the Kobo prices were cheaper (so far).

kennyc · 11-02-2011, 06:30 AM

Hmmmmm....... my avatar says.

sounds like good news. I've only purchased one book from Google so far, just to try it out...Amazon mostly fulfills my need.

11-01-2011, 06:20 PM	#1
anonymoose bookaholic Posts: 108 Karma: 1032718 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Glo, Kobo Aura, Kobo Touch, Kobo app on iPhone	Google launches its ebooks platform in Canada Google entered the crowded Canadian ebook market Tuesday, launching an online store that will compete for readers against established giants Amazon and Kobo. Full article: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/google-laun...160026871.html The article compared some prices between Kobo and Google, and the Kobo prices were cheaper (so far).

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11-02-2011, 06:30 AM	#2
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,872 Karma: 118716293 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Hmmmmm....... my avatar says. sounds like good news. I've only purchased one book from Google so far, just to try it out...Amazon mostly fulfills my need.

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