"Google Editions" hopes to distinguish itself by allowing users to access books from a broad range of websites using a broad array of devices, instead of tying software to one piece of hardware.
Google says users will be able to buy digital copies of books they discover through its book-search service. It will also allow book retailers, including independent shops, to sell Google Editions on their own sites, taking the bulk of the revenue. Google is still deciding whether it will follow the model where publishers set the retail price or where Google sets retail prices.
"As a publisher, what I like is that I won't have to think about audiences based on devices," says Evan Schnittman, vice president of global business development for Oxford University Press.
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