Google eBookstore moves electronic book reader to top holiday gift idea

ELECTRONIC READER:  Shop for price, feel and functionality.   You used to have to consider what the company who makes the reader had on its “bookshelves”, but Google is taking the proprietary out of electronic readers.
While google doesn’t have their own proprietary device, they are launching Google ebooks: over 3 million titles, many of them free, others for sale in EPUB or PDF format so they can be read on most devices with a browser. That means ipad owners don’t have to buy only from itunes or if you have a Nook, you don’t have to buy eclusively from Barnes and Noble. It also means students will be able to purchase textbooks and store them on the same device as articles for the class.
Moms, if you start reading an ebook on your reader and get stuck waiting for a kid’s late practice to end, you can continue reading where you left off, on your phone: iphone or android. Ultimate flexibility.
Competition is a good thing for the consumer. So, make your teen a smart consumer. Ereaders are the future of “books” and now’s a good time to get your young person of any age started.
And here’s a freebie: make sure you and your kids have a library card. Our library loans ebooks, music & movies. I can download the loan at home or anywhere there’s a wireless connection. It’s all free. But you have to have a library card.