豆知识 2011-07-31&08-06 Google eBook

 The book business hasn't changed very much in the past 500 years. Someone writes a book. Someone publishes it. And you buy it and carry it around until you're done reading it. Then if you're a book lover, you repeat this process for lots, and lots, and lots of books. But in the past ten years, a very big change has happened. Books have gone digital. Today, there are all kinds of ebook standards, each with their own dedicated¹ e-reader and their specific place to buy ebooks, and all lacking one thing: choice. 

 

 

 

The idea behind Google eBooks is to truly set your reading free from all these limitations. Google eBooks store your library safely in the digital file, which means you get to shop for all your favorite books whatever you want and read them wherever you go, using pretty much any device with an Internet connection. 

 

 

 

Let's say you wake up one morning and decide to read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo². You might begin the story at home on your laptop over coffee and a pastry³. You'd really be getting hooked on your tablet on the train to work. And by noon you'll be racing⁴ through chapters on your smartphone when you head out to grab some lunch. Now, imagine if you're carrying around not just one book, but a lot of books, like, maybe a couple million of them. With Google eBooks syncing all your books with your devices isn't just simple, it's automatic. You can take a break in the park with some Stevenson, reference your favorite French cookbook at the supermarket, get lots with Grisham on your cross-town bus trip. Whenever you open one of your books, we'll pick up right where you left off. 

 

 

 

With millions of books to choose from in every imaginable category, finding what you want to read on Google eBooks is easy. You can check out the New York Times bestseller list, browse⁵ the Google eBooks store, and find recommended titles or free ebooks, discover up and coming authors, or buy ebooks from a growing number of independent booksellers and retail⁶ partners. 

 

 

 

Google eBooks is all about choice from what you want to read, where you want to shop, to how you want to read. That's all you books in one place, no matter where you go. That's truly reading unbound. Start exploring Google eBooks at books.google.com/ebooks.

1 dedicated   

adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的

参考例句：

• He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
• His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。

2 tattoo   

n.纹身，(皮肤上的)刺花纹；vt.刺花纹于

参考例句：

• I've decided to get my tattoo removed.我已经决定去掉我身上的纹身。
• He had a tattoo on the back of his hand.他手背上刺有花纹。

3 pastry   

n.油酥面团，酥皮糕点

参考例句：

• The cook pricked a few holes in the pastry.厨师在馅饼上戳了几个洞。
• The pastry crust was always underdone.馅饼的壳皮常常烤得不透。

4 racing   

n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的

参考例句：

• I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
• The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。

5 browse   

vi.随意翻阅，浏览；(牛、羊等)吃草

参考例句：

• I had a browse through the books on her shelf.我浏览了一下她书架上的书。
• It is a good idea to browse through it first.最好先通篇浏览一遍。

6 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。