Google eBook Editions Forgoes Formats, Goes Browser Based

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Like ChromeOS, Google Editions eBooks Run Inside a Browser

Google Does eBooks It’s Own Way

Like Fleetwood Mac sang, “You can go your own way,” and often times Google does just that. This week was no exception. With their announcement that Google will begin selling eBooks soon, eReader owners wanted to know, “What format will Google Editions use?” The answer is none. All Google eBooks will be viewable in a web browser so unless your eReader has a web browser, you’ll have to read Google Editions on a computer that does.

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One Response to “Google eBook Editions Forgoes Formats, Goes Browser Based”

1. eBook Readers with Web Browsers | eReader Accessories & Essentials says:

   May 6, 2010 at 5:50 pm

   [...] Mobile Devices has a post about how Google Editions, Google’s e-books service, will not have a specific ebook format like ePub, PDF, or AZW, but instead is read through a web browser.  So the question is, will your ebook reader be able to view and read Google Editions ebooks? Well, that depends on whether or not your ereader has a web browser.  Here is a small table of what ebook readers have web browsers and which don’t: [...]

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