역시 구글은 세계 최고의 회사가 맞는 것 같습니다. 항상 기존의 생각 (Stereotype)들을 타파하고 새로운 개념들을 도입해서 사람들이 편리하고 재미있게 좀 더 나은 미래를 살 수 있도록 철저하게 기획하고 준비하고 개발하는 모습들이 아릅답니다.
그런 구글 (Google)이 이번에는 기존 이메일 (email)에 대한 고정관념을 날려버리고 동작 (Motion)을 활용하여 이메일을 쓰고, 수정하고 발송하고 열어 볼 수 있는 Motion email을 개발하여 베타 (Beta) 테스트 중입니다. Gmail Motion.
Now that Google launched their long-waited e-bookstore. We can see
what is going in e-book market with Amazon, Google, and others.
Google has launched its long-awaited e-bookstore, Google E-books, bringing more than 3 million books — many of them free — to any device with a web browser in the U.S.
The initiative, previously known as Google Editions, offers an alternative sales model from the dominant players in the space, such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Apple.
Instead of purchasing e-books through a single online store to read only on compatible software (i.e. books bought from the Kindle Store can only be read on Kindle apps), Google () lets consumers buy books either from its store or any other online vendor that sells books in EPUB and PDF formats, and read them on any device with a web browser.
This allows independent booksellers with loyal customer bases to advertise and sell Google e-books via their own venues and take an (as of yet undisclosed) cut of the revenue, an opportunity previously denied to them. It also allows consumers to choose whom to purchase their books from on Google’s platform, just as consumers can choose between third-party sellers on Amazon. Google E-books is also launching with an affiliates program in place.
It’s a smart move on Google’s end, as the company will have potentially thousands of booksellers and affiliates marketing on behalf of its service.
In addition to a Google Web Reader application, users will be able to read Google e-books on apps for Android (), iPhone and iPad devices. Reading content will automatically sync across devices, so if you begin reading in the morning in the iPad, you’ll be able to pick up where you left off on your iPhone or Android device on the subway, and again on your office computer during your lunch break.
Nearly 4,000 publishers will be providing content through Google E-books at launch, including all of the major players: Random House, Macmillan, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, etc.
