Google Seeks Revenue from Book Sales

[PaulPA]

Looks like this is one of their ideas for building new revenue streams.

Google to Broker Online Book Sales [news.com.com]

[Bidera]

Before even reading the article, I was tempted to say, what about Amazon?

Turns out this is more of a defensive move against publishers than pro-active one on Amazon and their ilk.

[Kufu]

I wonder if this will do anything for people who would like to self-publish. This could (but probably won't) be interesting.