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Amazon & Google's In The E-Book Business Competitors

By Morshad 01 Jun 2009, 16:41 - 379 Views

Now this day we are see Amazon sales of own made of digital books its proprietary Kindle device. Most print publication like these digital books. And most recently Google announced that it was ready to take Amazon on in force in the digital book market according to the New York Times. Google held discussions with major publishers at the Book Expo convention in New York.

So we are now said that Google directly in competition with Amazon. Amazon charges a flat fee of $9.99 for each digital book. The NYT reports that the average hard cover book sells for $26, significantly more than Amazon’s fee. Amazon reportedly takes a loss on each digital book it sells. But Google offering could prove to be more popular with publishers that Amazon's program because Google says it will allow publishers to set their own pricing for books.

David Young CEO of Hachette Book Group said, "Clearly, any major company coming into the e-book space, providing that we are happy with the pricing structure, the selling price and the security of the technology, will be a welcome addition." According to the DailyTech.

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