tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post519912976033387378..comments2024-02-03T10:27:22.640+00:00Comments on Nordic Voices in Translation: Google to sell ebooksDavid McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-26442355147148558992009-06-02T20:11:26.553+01:002009-06-02T20:11:26.553+01:00Yes, we're aware of the class action suit, and hav...Yes, we're aware of the class action suit, and have been covering it in this blog - in, among other posts, <A HREF="http://nordicvoices.blogspot.com/2009/04/digibooks-row.html" REL="nofollow">this one</A>. <br /><br />The final outcome is still in the balance, however, and I expect that there will be further delays and extensions of the Google "deadlines", as more authors and publishers become David McDuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-39940043572105845282009-06-02T19:29:47.250+01:002009-06-02T19:29:47.250+01:00FYI, Google has a class action suit going against ...FYI, Google has a class action suit going against it in the US at least. Their stated intent is to digitize every book on the planet. Whether copyright holders will be fairly paid is another question.Reg / Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07539868524489903682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-39532372570055700282009-06-01T18:18:50.915+01:002009-06-01T18:18:50.915+01:00I see the point about fair competition and dedicat...I see the point about fair competition and dedicated devices. Haven't the EU single market people been able to prize open anything that would have the whiff of a monopoly? Even though readers buy their device from someone else, the cost of buying the one-off readership for the books themselves will be paid to Google.<br /><br />This reminds me, mutatis mutandis and on a grander scale of course, Eric Dickenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473407452357469485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-56852019502298539072009-06-01T16:37:53.054+01:002009-06-01T16:37:53.054+01:00The Telegraph's Cool-er article is here. I agree t...The Telegraph's Cool-er article is <A HREF="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/5395305/Cool-er-ebook-reader-is-this-the-iPod-for-books.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>. I agree that it looks like a plug.David McDuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-71389164329993556472009-06-01T16:20:16.498+01:002009-06-01T16:20:16.498+01:00Yes, but the crucial point in the NYT report is th...Yes, but the crucial point in the NYT report is that, unlike Amazon, Google plans to sell ebooks for dedicated devices like Kindle, Sony Reader, etc. <I>but also</I> for the mobile phone/handheld pda market. Google's ebooks will be downloadable and readable on any Internet-connected device.David McDuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-47987187360082197772009-06-01T15:55:00.585+01:002009-06-01T15:55:00.585+01:00There was an article in the Daily Telegraph (28th ...There was an article in the Daily Telegraph (28th May 2009) comparing four reading devices: Cool-er, Amazon Kindle 2, iRex ILiad and the Sony Reader.<br /><br />The prices vary between £189 and £449 and the Kindle can evidently store 1,500 books, the Sony up to 160 books.<br /><br />The article by one Claudine Beaumont looks like a plug for the British Cool-er, the cheapest of the lot. And Eric Dickenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473407452357469485noreply@blogger.com