Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, has expanded its online bookstore to Canada, offering hundreds of thousands of electronic books for sale and millions of others for free.
According to Google, the company is partnering with a number of Canadian publishers for the launch including McClelland & Stewart, Douglas & McIntyre, House of Anansi and Dundurn, and retailers such as Campus eBookstore and McNally Robinson.
Google launched its eBookstore in the US in December 2010. The service was further expanded to the UK last month. Digital books sold through Google can be read on the Nook from Barnes & Noble, Sony Reader and other e-book readers. It is however not available on the Kindle from Amazon.
They can also be read on a variety of other devices including personal computers and Apple and Android tablets. The Canadian catalogue includes hundreds of thousands of books for purchase and two million free books in the public domain, according to Google.
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