Google unveiled their Google eBook Store and eReader apps this morning. Actually the announcement was more about the fact that Google is bringing together their eBook properties all under a single roof since their eBook marketplace was already there before today.
The new eBook store has been named the “Google eBookstore” and is basically Google’s take on a unified eBook platform across multiple devices. You can now read Google eBooks with the following devices:
- JavaScript-enabled browsers
- iOS devices
- Android devices
- eReaders that support Adobe’s eBook DRM (Nook, Sony Reader and many others)
Those not on the supported eReader list include the Amazon Kindle family, the Kobo, Blackberry and Windows Mobile 7. Google has the official supported device list here.
To browse and download books in the Google eBookstore you simply go to their web-based store. To purchase a Google eBooks from the store you’ll need a Google Checkout account or if it happens to be a book from one of their partner resellers (Powell’s Books, Alibris and others) you can pay with credit card or PayPal without a google account.
For a good review of Google Books for Android had over to GigaOM
