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The new service will allow Internet users check e-books from the Internet, the tactic can also be read as an advance for his new 'tablet', which will compete against Kindle and iPad.


Google launched its mid-year online bookstore Google Editions, a spokesman for the company.

So Google will enter the war for the market for electronic books (e-book). In an earlier offensive Amazon.com had already entered the arena with Kindle, which also compete with Barnes & Noble online store for the reader Nook, and Apple, which recently launched its popular iBookstore iPad.

The software giant announced last month that was associated with HTC to develop a new tablet computer that would compete with the iPad, so having your own digital library will help increase sales of the device.

In addition to this new service, called Google Editions, the company has projects that go beyond their own tablet. Unlike its rivals, Google plans to make its digital books can be read on any device.

Amazon.com, for example, requires publishers to convert books to a special format just for the Kindle, so that to read any text on the Amazon library users must necessarily have a reader or an application compatible with its software another device.

Apple has adopted the industry standard digital format, called Epub, but his books are encrypted so that only Apple devices can read or a custom software.

Google Editions, on the other hand, will not download books, but will be available only in the web browser where users can consult. This measure will reduce the costs of copyright, although according to The New Yorker, Google will allow publishers to price their books.

Currently, the Internet search engine offers many public domain books for free through its Google Books service, and plans to offer the works that are in epub format.

The company continues a legal battle that will allow you to distribute millions of books now out of print. Google reached an agreement with authors and publishers, but some groups remain opposed to some provisions of the agreement

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