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01 March 2011

Google Enters the E-Book Fray. What Does It Mean?

"When one of the country's biggest technology companies--a company that has already digitized more than 15 million volumes as part of a mission to make humanity's literary treasures available to all--decides to sell e-books, it's easy to see the move as a defining moment. . ."
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