Just when you thought the world of e-books couldn't get bigger, Google decides to get in on the digital editions market. Launching in late June or July, Google is going to start up an online e-book store. This service will allow customers to buy digital copies of books they find through Google's existing book search service. Google is also in talks with publishers about a potential third party reseller service which will allow publishers to sell digital editions of their books on their website, with a predetermined fee. Plans are to have between 400,000 and 600,000 books available with prices set by the publishers. In hopes of gaining an edge on the e-book market, Google plans to make this service available on a wide variety of applications, websites and devices.

via The Wall Street Journal