We are not exactly lacking for digital bookstores, but Google’s eBooks offering is indeed one of several slickest around. And evidently, it is not in nearly as many places because the marketers in Mountain View would love. The Goog just announced that iRiver’s Story HD would soon become the 1st Google eBooks-integrated e-reader, with the recent model happening sale July 17th at Target. It’ll still sell for $139.99, and not one of the actual hardware specifications will change from the present model. Obviously, the eBooks platform have been open to all publishers, retailers and manufacturers from the beginning; it’s just that iRiver has become the primary manufacturer to heed the decision. Naturally, Google’s teasing us by openly stating that more of those are at the way, and in case you simply so happen to be an e-reader maker… well, it’d certainly like to have a talk.
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