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Google say they'll launch an e-book shop (called Google Editions) by July 2010. The shop will enable search across many third-party sites, and they promise that resellers will collect the "majority" of the revenue. Books bought in the store will work on many devices (the format isn't known, but it'll probably be ePub).

via Electronista

Bookeen's Opus e-reader is a small e-reader with a 5" (800x600) E Ink display with an integrated accelerometer. Bookeen has released a new version today, called the Opus Color. It comes in 7 different colors, has a new reading software (called Boo), and it's faster to run (they say it turns on instantly). Like the original Opus, the Color supports ePUB and PDF file formats, has 1GB memory and a microSD card slot.

Bookeen also lowered the price from 215$ to $199.

Scribd (an online document-hosting service) announced a new feature: send-to-device. This allows you to send a document to your mobile-phone or e-reader. Currently hey support the Amazon Kindle, Nook, EZReader, COOL-ER and iREX readers. They also plan to make PDF documents available in ePub format, which will allow even more devices.

Via Mashable

Bookeen are a France-based e-reader maker, that currently offer two models (the Cybook Gen3, available now for 350$, and the Opus, available now for 215$) and are set to release a new one, the Orizon. Michael Dahan, Bookeen's co-founder and CEO has agreed to answer a few questions. 

Q: Michael - First of all, thank you for this interview. Currently you are offering two e-readers, the Cybook Gen3 and the Cybook Opus. Can you tell us how are the sales of these models?

The sales are very good. We are sold mainly throughout Europe and have started more actively in the US. We evaluate our market share in Europe to be 25-30%. We are sold in large retail networks like FNAC or Mediamarket and have a strong presence in Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands. UK remains a stronghold for us, but we plan to crack it.

The Dulin Boox (also known as Onyx Boox) is now available for $349. The Boox supports PDF, ePub and many other text formats (and images), includes a Wacom digitizer and a fast processor. It has built-in WiFi and a Webkit browser. It also includes a basic text-to-speech function. We also have a nice (and long) video showing this new reader - it also includes an interview with the team behind this reader:

Copia has just announced six new e-readers (in two series, the Tidal and the Ocean), and a new software platform too. It is focused on social networking (Facebook and Twitter) - so you can share your library with friends, and see how your reading habits overlap. The online store will actually support any e-reader that supports the ePub format. Here's a nice video explaining the interface:

Engadget reports that the iRiver Story is coming to the US, slated to ship in Q2 2010.The Story has a 6" E Ink display, full QWERTY keyboard, 2GB of internal memory, an SD card slot, and can display PDF, ePub, txt, Office documents and more formats.

iRiver didn't tell the price, but they said it'll be "competitively priced".