Amazon and Google Books continue to trade blows in an article at InformationWeek about the ongoing battle for control of the eBook world. It’s important, in this argument, for all of us to remember that this is one corporate giant versus another. Their mandate has nothing to do with protecting individual rights and freedoms. They exist for profit–the more the better, and this argument is only about corporate giants maintaining access to the market, and product.
Google Books is just doing what it’s supposed to do. And so is Amazon, bulldogging the book settlement that will give Google Books access to the world’s book titles.
And when they talk about the rights of the author, and the freedom of information, it’s just smoke and mirrors. Both giants want to monopolize the market.
But it’s still interesting to watch, yah?
