Ebook Wars Heating Up

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According to the Wall Street Journal, Google will launch Google Editions in late June or early July, an ebook store that would allow users to purchase ebooks that they find through Google Book Search. No word on the details (format of books, DRM, etc) but given that Gizmodo is reporting that the service could launch with as many as 400,000 to 600,000 titles, it would immediately be a huge force in ebook publishing.

I’ll report on more details as they emerge. As with all ebooks, the devil is in the details of the licensing and DRM. We’ll see what Google has been able to negotiate from the publishers.