eBook Technologies has just published a brief announcement on its website which said that Google has just acquired eBook Technologies.The announcement reads:
“eBook Technologies, Inc. is excited to announce that we have been acquired by Google. Working together with Google will further our commitment to providing a first-class reading experience on emerging tablets, e-readers and other portable devices.”
Google confirmed the acquisition, with a spokesperson giving us this statement:
“We are happy to welcome eBook Technologies’ team to Google. Together, we hope to deliver richer reading experiences on tablets, electronic readers and other portable devices.”
eBook Technologies supplies a series of intelligent reading devices and licenses technologies that enable automated publishing and control over content distribution. And the eBook Technologies, Inc. (“ETI”) platform consists of four parts: electronic reading devices (eBook devices) plus their associated UI firmware technology, the “Online Bookshelf”, an Internet-based content sales and delivery system (the eBookstore), and eBook content conversion / publication tools.
Now it’s unclear which of these technologies Google intends to use, but it could clearly take advantage of them to bolster its Google Books product, which recently launched its eBook store.
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