Yahoo! Shopping hits the eBooks

Yahoo erwartet eine steigende Nachfrage nach eBooks und hat daher für seine Yahoo! Shopping online commerce destination eine neue eBooks Kategorie mit Titeln der vier wichtigsten Verleger (Pnguin Putnam, Simon & Schuster, Random Hose und HarperCollins eröffnet berichtet CNN:

Technology will make it convenient for consumers to access digital content and that will push demand for e-books, Rob Solomon, VP and general manager of Yahoo! Shopping said in a statement.

While e-books have yet to be widely embraced, the publishers are hoping to position themselves in the digital market in anticipation of e-books going mainstream, the companies said.

Consumers will be able to download books from Yahoo! Shopping in either Adobe Acrobat eBook Reader or Microsoft Reader platforms. Both programs are free and can be downloaded from links on Yahoo! Shopping, the company said.

The service is currently only available in the U.S.