Google bringing fee-based e-book service to Japan: report; Market Watch, 11/25/09

Market Watch; Google bringing fee-based e-book service to Japan: report:

Google Inc. plans to launch a fee-based service in Japan next year that will allow users to read complete books on their computers at a price, according to a report Wednesday.

"Upon the launch of its service, Google Japan aims to stock an online library of up to 10,000 books. It is already in talks with smaller publishers to sell their works on Google Edition, the report said.

But many leading publishers, such as Shueisha Inc. and Shogakukan Inc., remain wary. Their opposition stems from Google's book search, which has raised copyright issues, the Japanese newspaper reported."

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/google-japan-to-start-paid-e-book-service-report-2009-11-25