Google Books has been updated and this one should come as a welcomed update for those who find themselves wanting to read offline. Yup, Google has rolled-out offline reading support within Google Books. But that being said, there are some points that you will need to know up front. To begin with, in order to more »

Google has just announced the availability of the iriver Story HD e-reader this coming Sunday, July 17. Wait, what? Google is now into e-reader? Since when? Yes, folks just now. Google is sort of strengthening its Google eBooks platform by way of partnering with e-book manufacturers. And so the first one to take on Google’s more »

It should now be hard to make the statement that you have a Sony Reader and cannot find anything to read because Google has now made more than one million titles available for the Sony Reader. The newly available books, which are all public domain titles are coming courtesy of Google Books in the EPUB more »

Back in October, Google and the Authors Guild reached an agreement on how Google Books should work. The agreement was put before the court in a 334-page document, and sent to authors and their families so they could decide whether to opt-in or -out of the agreement. The settlement was quite complicated, and involved Google scanning and putting up partial content of both in and out of print books online with ads with revenue that would be shared with publishers and authors.

It seems the settlement wasn’t sent to everyone that needed it once it was released. Keep reading for more.

Seeing how Google has taken over almost every web service, it is no longer a shock to hear updates on Google’s vast range of products.

Google has caught my attention with its latest enhancement on Google Books. In its efforts to further increase the usage of their Google Books service, Google has worked with major online booksellers such as Books-a-Million and Borders.com to allow previews of books on their own websites. This means customers will be able to enjoy the convenience of previewing books of their choice without ever having to leave the retailers’ sites. This is a very useful service, particularly for the retailers, because they wouldn’t need to develop their own systems for previewing books on sale.