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Yes, Google has scanned 500,000 books. But they're all old books, in the public domain! None of them will have a publish date later than the 1920s. I don't know a lot of people who spend the majority of their time reading Joyce, Dickens, Hardy, etc. I mean, kudos to those who do, and for those people the Jetbook may be a good device. But the average person does not. Or, at the least, the average person will not be just satisfied by those books, but want to read some modern books as well.

As far as DRM-free new books, I think most would agree that fictionwise has the best selection. Take a look at their best sellers. See how many of them are actually DRM-free. Take a look at the New York Times bestseller list. Let me know if any of those books are DRM-free at fictionwise or elsewhere. Look at any bestseller list and see how many of those books are in the public domain, and thus available on Google.

The average person wants bestsellers, that's why they become bestsellers. So, the fact that bestsellers are NOT available without DRM (sadly) proves that the Jetbook will not be satisfactory to the average reader. It can only satisfy people who primarily read classics and people who know how to rip DRM.