I was going to write about how one intriguing element of the new Google bookstore is that books can be read on any web browser without additional software, but then Amazon just announced that its digital books will also be available on the web. Web-based reading isn’t anything revolutionary, but it’s a nice feature for those of us who might like to do a bit of lunchtime reading on office computers that don’t allow the installation of additional software. Both Amazon and Google will also allow independent booksellers to sell digital books through their websites and get a cut of each purchase. I’m hoping Uncle Hugo’s takes advantage of this arrangement so that I don’t have to feel guilty about not buying physical books from them anymore. Now, if only digital versions of the Harry Potter books would be released so that I can figure out what the hell was going on in the last movie.
