Google gets in the eBook business...again.


	Google gets in the eBook business...again.

iCoastal Net Designs

6-1-2009 6:21 PM

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google, amazon, ebooks

iCoastal Net Designs says:

Watch out Amazon. If some one does something well, Google will do it...well Google will just steal it out right and do it the same. Sorry but its true.

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