Google Launched e-reader

SAN FRANCISCO (Fnews47) - For those of you who like reading books, it seems you can smile. The reason Google has demonstrated its seriousness in the realm of digital books (e-book) in the past year. Internet giant has finally released his first e-reader, iRiver Story HD.


Produced by the South Korean electronics company iRiver, Story HD will be priced $ 140 when sold on 17 July. E-reader allows readers to access digital collection of books in the Google library. Not only that Story HD also features a high resolution screen e-ink and qwerty keyboard.



"Story HD is a new achievement for us, where iriver became the first manufacturer to launch an e-reader which is integrated with Google's ebook," said Google Product Manager Books Pratip Banerji as quoted in Straits Times, Tuesday (12/07/2011).

"E-reader provides access to over-the-air to hundreds of thousands of paid and millions of digital books are provided free of charge by Google," said Banerji.

The presence of e-reader ternaru owned by Google is definitely making the competition between the two other major players, Amazon (Kindle) and Barnes & Noble (Nook), increasingly fierce. Previously Google has launched an online electronic book store his eBookstore, in December 2010.

The number of online bookstores allow book lovers to sort out quality books moved at the best price. Belumlagi services E-reader, who indulge lovers read to be able to read the latest books without having to buy books and add closet shelves of course. (source: Oz / arrahmah)