Currently called “Google Editions” this might hopefully start Amazon and Apple to start unshackling their respective Kindle and iBook stores.
Speaking as a consumer in New Zealand who can not access e-book content on either platform (without some serious geek kung-fu), because we suffer form some archaic form of regionalised protectionism (we’re a global economy, media companies… come join us in the 21st century) i would just like to say…
It’s about time!
For what it's worth, after evaluating the iBook Store and the Amazon Kindle store, I've decided to get all of my books through Amazon. The deciding factor for me was that the Kindle DRM scheme has been broken, so if it turns out I've made a horrible decision by going with Amazon, there's at least a chance I can still keep my books.
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