Yesterday, Google and the American Booksellers Association (ABA) announced a strategic partnership dealing with the distribution of e-books for the upcoming release of Google Editions.
“Think of us as Ingram. We’re wholesaling that digital book and providing that book to you,” explained Turvey, who anticipates having 400,000 books—trade, STM, and professional—at the launch. [Our emphasis] The books will be compatible with all e-readers except for Amazon’s Kindle and can be read offline using Google Gear [perhaps that's Google Gears?], which allows for caching in the browser. Currently ABA offers e-books on the IndieBound.com Web site through Ingram and will continue to do so. [Our emphasis] The Google arrangement is not exclusive.
Notes
1) Google will not be selling print material but it's system can handle print that's bundled with e-content.
2) Future: ABA and Google will allow stores to "geo-affiliate." In other words, stores will get a cut when someone buys a book from Google Editions.
The American Booksellers Association represents independent bookstores. Here's a bit of history about the organization.
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