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Originally Posted by AnemicOak
Last I heard it was going to be a cloud setup where you could only read the books online (no downloadable format) don't know if that's still the case.
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Originally Posted by pcworld
This suggested that Google would rely on users to install Web apps, which are essentially shortcut icons to a Web page, on their devices or just bookmark the Google Editions site in their browsers.
But The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday that Google may decide to build mobile apps to "optimize reading on certain devices like an iPhone or iPad ." That would be a wise decision on Google's part since downloadable applications have proved to be far more popular with users than Web apps.
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Google loves the cloud, but they haven't put all their eggs in that basket yet. Android, for example, is both cloud friendly and app friendly. What I'm hoping for from Google is a cloud option + DRM-free epub. Given that fictionwise just lost a chunk of their library for reasons unknown to me, I might be needing a new store soon.
The DRM-free bit is probably a pipe dream, but once upon a time, who would have thought that Apple of all people would force music publishers to go DRM-free mp3?