Following Google’s release of an e-bookstore and web-based reading app on Monday, Amazon today announced at Google’s Chrome OS launch event that consumers can now read full Kindle books on their web browsers.
Previously, users were only able to read the free first chapters of Kindle books on the web.
In addition, independent, third-party booksellers and self-published authors will now be able to sell and allow readers to read their content via widgets on their own sites, Amazon said in a statement. Sellers can also earn referral fees through Amazon’s Associates Program for sales made on their sites.
Google announced a nearly identical program yesterday, although the company has not yet released a widget that enables website publishers to allow e-reading on their own sites.
One thing is for certain: Google E-books seems a lot less competitive today than it did yesterday.
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