• ReadWriteWeb, Monday, December 6, 2010 1:58 PM

Google on Monday debuted its e-book marketplace with more than 3 million titles, which are now available via smartphone, laptop, tablet, netbook or desktop computer. "Google eBookstore" -- not "Google Editions" as many expected -- is live and offering hundreds of thousands of titles for purchase, reports ReadWriteWeb.

Setting it apart from many an e-book seller, Google's e-books are entirely cloud-based. "Google eBooks stores your library in the digital cloud," the company explains, "so you can read all of your favorite books using just about any device with an Internet connection." Meanwhile, for those afraid of losing their proverbial page, Google promises that "once you open your book using our mobile reader apps, your book will sync to your device and you can continue reading it online or offline." Google's new service supports a number of devices, from Android and iOS smartphones to any e-book reader that supports the Adobe e-book platform to any device with a Javascript-enabled browser, ReadWriteWeb assures.

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