Jun 1st, 2009 - TG Daily
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New York (NY) ? Following media reports that Google may move into Amazon.com territory, the company today confirmed that it will be offering ebook publishers a distribution channel through its websites.
The news arrived from the annual BookExpo convention in New York, during which Google apparently pitched its intent to allow publishers to sell digital books to consumers online. Later today, the company confirmed through an email sent to journalists that the company plans to "build and support a digital book ecosystem to allow [its] partner publishers to make their books available for purchase from any Web-enabled device."
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