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Admit it, Google Editions wasn't exactly your highest priority item
among the things promised for a 2010 launch, but, according to
Mountain View's Scott Dougall, the e-bookstore from the world's
favorite search company will indeed make its debut before December's
through. It's premised as a web-centric, buy-anywhere, read-anywhere
platform, one that eschews the proprietary hardware and software model
currently championed by the likes of Amazon for a more ubiquitous and
accessible one (a humble web browser is all you'll need, which should
make Tim Berners-Lee beam with pride). Small websites of all creeds,
whether they be independent bookstores or book reviewers, will be
encouraged to participate by linking their users to Google Editions of
whatever scriptures they're discussing -- with an unannounced revenue
sharing model keeping them interested. Retail pricing won't differ,
we're told, from what Amazon and Barnes & Noble currently charge,
which raises the question, what's the downside to Editions?
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