The Near-Term Future of Digital Books

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The Near-Term Future of Digital Books

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/06/technology/06amazon.html?em&ex=1189569...
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Amazon and Google are set to unveil new digital book offerings this Fall. "In October, the online retailer Amazon.com will unveil the Kindle, an electronic book reader ... priced at $400 to $500 and will wirelessly connect to an e-book store on Amazon’s site." "Also this fall, Google plans to start charging users for full online access to the digital copies of some books in its database, according to people with knowledge of its plans. Publishers will set the prices for their own books and share the revenue with Google."

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