Google Books making money?

Billsuits1 · 11-14-2011, 02:57 AM

Does anyone know of any evidence that Google is making money with their Google Books and e-reader? I went to their Investor relations and looked through their latest 10Q and it said that 96% of all revenue for Google is coming from Advertising. I know that they have said in the past that their Video sales have almost no revenue so I wondered if their ebooks are making money. Anyone know?

carpetmojo · 11-14-2011, 05:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Billsuits1

Does anyone know of any evidence that Google is making money with their Google Books and e-reader? .................... ?

i) Dunno, can't get it .

2) Call me dumb, but which ereader ?

( I've had a tiring weekend, so make allowances...

)

ProDigit · 11-14-2011, 08:08 AM

The way I see it, the google ereader will be big fail like the kindle!
It tries to copy the kindle, by adding a keyboard (see link here)

A lot of the books of Google are in public domain, you just have to find them!
It's probably making some money off of the books, but Google has never been a profit hungry company. It just used to make good stuff (like their search browser and google.maps).

I don't expect it to bounce up against Amazon, and B&N any time soon; it probably will make as much profit as Sony (just enough to bring some revenue, albeit a low revenue).

howyoudoin · 11-14-2011, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by ProDigit

The way I see it, the google ereader will be big fail like the kindle!

What makes you think the kindle is a 'big fail'? Have you been living under a rock?

RainingLemur · 11-14-2011, 04:58 PM

Blech at that keyboard on the Google reader (if it's that same iRiver device as before). Never liked the way that it looked.

ProDigit · 11-14-2011, 05:14 PM

I meant, the first generation kindle...

carpetmojo · 11-14-2011, 05:52 PM

Are we talking vintage here ?

Have they never heard of touch-screen.

Oh, sorry, I forgot - they have.....

Ntsimp · 11-14-2011, 06:54 PM

I love my iRiver Story HD, but the built in support for Google eBooks is cumbersome and slow. I don't see me buying any ebooks in that way anytime soon.

Barty · 11-14-2011, 08:25 PM

Does google make money off ANYTHING beside search?

ProDigit · 11-15-2011, 04:06 AM

certainly not off me! I use their search daily, but never really click on ads. Perhaps by mistake...

11-14-2011, 02:57 AM	#1
Billsuits1 Connoisseur Posts: 60 Karma: 7454 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: Aluratek Libre Pro	Google Books making money? Does anyone know of any evidence that Google is making money with their Google Books and e-reader? I went to their Investor relations and looked through their latest 10Q and it said that 96% of all revenue for Google is coming from Advertising. I know that they have said in the past that their Video sales have almost no revenue so I wondered if their ebooks are making money. Anyone know?

11-14-2011, 08:08 AM	#3
ProDigit Karmaniac Posts: 2,553 Karma: 11499146 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Miami FL Device: PRS-505, Jetbook, + Mini, +Color, Astak Ez Reader Pro, PPW1, Aura H2O	The way I see it, the google ereader will be big fail like the kindle! It tries to copy the kindle, by adding a keyboard (see link here) A lot of the books of Google are in public domain, you just have to find them! It's probably making some money off of the books, but Google has never been a profit hungry company. It just used to make good stuff (like their search browser and google.maps). I don't expect it to bounce up against Amazon, and B&N any time soon; it probably will make as much profit as Sony (just enough to bring some revenue, albeit a low revenue). Last edited by ProDigit; 11-14-2011 at 08:10 AM.

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RainingLemur Spork Connoisseur Posts: 2,355 Karma: 16780603 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Nook Color	Blech at that keyboard on the Google reader (if it's that same iRiver device as before). Never liked the way that it looked.

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ProDigit Karmaniac Posts: 2,553 Karma: 11499146 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Miami FL Device: PRS-505, Jetbook, + Mini, +Color, Astak Ez Reader Pro, PPW1, Aura H2O	I meant, the first generation kindle...

11-14-2011, 05:52 PM	#7
carpetmojo Wizard Posts: 3,117 Karma: 9269999 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: UK Device: Sony- T3, PRS650, 350, T1/2/3, Paperwhite, Fire 8.9,Samsung Tab S 10.5	Are we talking vintage here ? Have they never heard of touch-screen. Oh, sorry, I forgot - they have.....

11-14-2011, 06:54 PM	#8
Ntsimp Zealot Posts: 149 Karma: 1215642 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Utah Device: iriver Story HD, Android	I love my iRiver Story HD, but the built in support for Google eBooks is cumbersome and slow. I don't see me buying any ebooks in that way anytime soon.

11-14-2011, 08:25 PM	#9
Barty doofus Posts: 2,521 Karma: 13088847 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kindle Voyage	Does google make money off ANYTHING beside search?

11-15-2011, 04:06 AM	#10
ProDigit Karmaniac Posts: 2,553 Karma: 11499146 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Miami FL Device: PRS-505, Jetbook, + Mini, +Color, Astak Ez Reader Pro, PPW1, Aura H2O	certainly not off me! I use their search daily, but never really click on ads. Perhaps by mistake...

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