Google Signs a Deal to e-Publish Out-of-Print Books

Google's attempting to publish digital books. A quote here,

Almost overnight, not only has the largest publishing deal been struck, but the largest bookshop in the world has been built, even if it is not quite open for business yet.

We've seen companies wish to work on e-books, such as Amazon's Kindle, etc. It is interesting that no matter in which article, you never see Kindle's sales number. It is hard to read on the screen and I do not think technology would be advanced enough within five years for people to be willing to read on screens. Maybe for convenience purpose I would by e-books (I actually did twice), but books, for practical purpose, I am still an ink-on-the-paper person (at least for now).