Google is trying to take on Amazon.com's Kindle and Sony's eReader by offering iPhone and Android users instant access to more than 1.5 million public domain books.
OK, they are not the sort of books that iPhone users will want to read. Rather the works of Bill Shakespeare, Jane Austin and Charles Dickens but the technology is interesting.
In a blog post a Gurlger said: "One of the great things about an iPhone or Android phone is being able to play Pacman while stuck in line at the post office. Sometimes though, we yearn for something more than just playing games or watching videos."
Google said it had a devil of a job making the text that small while at the same time readable. Pity iPhone users only want to look at the pictures.
