• Yahoo Tech, Thursday, October 15, 2009 1:45 PM

Google is planning to launch an online bookstore that would only require readers to own a Web browser rather than a dedicated e-reader device. Google Editions, so-named, obviously means trouble for Amazon and its popular Kindle device.

Expect Google's service in the first half of next year, initially offering about half a million e-books in partnership with publishers with whom it already cooperates. Readers will be able to buy e-books either from Google directly or from other online stores such as Amazon.com or Barnesandnoble.com. Google will host the e-books and make them searchable.

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