by Chad Berndtson June 1, 2009
Google has confirmed it will later this year launch a partner program for authors to sell digital versions of their books online -- a move that will put Google in direct competition with Amazon, Amazon's Kindle device, and anyone else with a stake in the exploding market for e-books and e-reading. Google issued a statement Monday after The New York Times first reported its potential e-book plans Sunday. According to the statement, Google is at work on a "digital book ecosystem" that would allow authors to partner with Google and release and promote their works on a variety of platforms, including any device with Internet access. "Eventually, we hope to extend this functionality to retailers who embed Google Previews on their Web site," Google said in the statement.
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