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Posted by Scott Dougall, director, product management, digital publishingWith the launch of Google eBooks in 2010, we introduced a multi-faceted approach to selling ebooks: online, on devices, through affiliates and through resellers. One part of that …

Posted by Anne Bartholomew, Merchandising Manager, Books on Google Play Anne Rice laid the foundations in so many ways for authors writing paranormal fiction today, and much of her early work still stands out for me as the turn-to books when it comes…

Posted by Scott Dougall, Director, Product Management Starting today Google eBooks will be available on Google Play – a new place to experience books, music, movies, and Android apps and games, available anywhere you go. For users of our Google Book Se…

Posted by Mireya Sémelas, Google eBooks Strategist I had the pleasure today of meeting Susan Cain when she participated in an Authors@Google event hosted at our Mountain View headquarters. Her stimulating new release Quiet: The Power of Introverts in …

Posted by Ariel Levine, Google eBooks AssociateThis one day special is now over. Forget the chocolate and flowers this Valentine’s Day. The rush of new brooding love can be all yours with our special offer on Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight eBook. Seven…

Posted by Ariel Levine, Google eBooks Associate Anne Rice, author of Interview with the Vampire, The Witching Hour, and Angel Time: The Songs of the Seraphim will be coming to Google’s headquarters in Mountain View to discuss her latest book, The Wol…

Posted by Ariel Levine, Google eBooks Associate Today marks the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens’ birthday (born February 7, 1812). To celebrate the life and work of one of the world’s greatest storytellers, the Google doodle team created this fan…

By Matt Werner, Technical Writer, EnterpriseGertrude Stein. (Courtesy Oakland Public Library, Oakland History Room.) What exactly did renowned U.S. writer and art collector Gertrude Stein mean when she said “there is no there there” about Oakland, …

This is a guest blog post written by Graham Waldon, manager of East West Bookstore, an independent bookseller based in Mountain View, CaliforniaPeople are more important than things. That motto lies at the heart of what we believe at East West Bookstor…

Posted by Xinxing Gu, Google Books Product Manager We’ve all been there: the Internet is suddenly down, and you can’t keep on reading your ebook to see what the character decides to do next. Or you’re about to head to the airport and want to be a…

Posted by Oliver Chiang, Google Books Strategist Tis the season to be… angry! We’re partnering up with Angry Birds this holiday season to bring you an early gift. In the latest adventures of your favorite furious feathered friends — Angry Birds Sea…

Posted by Mussie Shore, Product Manager, and Sami Shalabi, Technical LeadThe following launch announcement is cross-posted from the Google Mobile blog, and comes from Google Currents, a new app that makes reading magazine and news articles on mobile de…

Posted by Xinxing Gu, Google Books Product ManagerLike many of you, we love to highlight and mark up our books, capturing insights, important notes to remember, or even gathering opinions to later share with our favorite authors. Starting today, you’ll…

Posted by Oliver Chiang, Google eBooks StrategistPlease note some images may not be available in full view to readers outside the United StatesIn honor of Samuel Langhorne Clemens’ – better known to the world as Mark Twain – 176th birthday today, G…

Posted by Stella Loh, Google eBookstore Product Manager Excited about Michael Connelly’s upcoming new book The Drop? Can’t wait to get your hands on True Blue by Diana Palmer? Worried your bookstore will run out of Dean Koontz’s The Moonlit Mind befor…