Google discloses that they will launch a platform next year, on which readers can buy e-books. Lauren Conrad Guide You How to Decorate with create your free blog Once purchase, readers can download the book via internet at any time and place, many kinds of reading tools are available. This new platform called Google Editions will be firstly launched in U.S., UK and other European countries in the first half of next year.

All the digital books will be stored in a cloud library. books could be accessible on any gadget that can access network, including personal computers, smartphones and e-book Readers from any country after being bought. Google would place all books in the same online library. Readers can decide where to buy and where to read freely. But the prices are decided by the publishers.

Google Editions will provide three distribution models of the digital books. It means, the readers can buy the books from Google.com, Google's cooperative online bookstores and the websites of the publishers. The sales of the digital copies of the book through the Google`s website, Google and the publishers have the sharing ratio of 37:63; If sold by the cooperative on-line bookstores, publisher get 45% of the income while online bookstores and Google share the rest; The sharing plan of publisher sales hasn't decided yet. At present, there are some online stores having already joined this activity, and these bookstores are likely to be among the first batch of Google Editions' cooperative on-line bookstores.

Google said that there will be about 400,000-600,000 books available as the platform comes into operation. Readers can buy books on Google website as well as other online stores such as Amazon.