Looks like the Android Market has made eBook purchases available on the Market today and you're able to go ahead and buy from an impressive collection of eBooks, still a little shy on the library when compared to Amazon's Kindle, or Kobo however.
That being said, it's still a nice addition to the Android Market since they turned it into a web interface for apps streaming to your device(s). A couple of questions of course arise when you start to think of the materials online in the market when comparing to the content on Apple's iTunes. When will we see music and movies hitting the Android Market? That answer seems to be stuck with the record companies right now for distribution rights, likely the same for movies. That is usually the biggest hurdle for any legitimate streaming/downloadable content web store.
Google is pretty good at sticking it out for the long haul though, and they clearly have the bank for it too, so that said, maybe we'll see music and movies sooner than we think, seeing as the Android Market already has the URLs ready for it at “https://market.android.com/music/” and “https://market.android.com/movies/”.
All that's missing is one interface that connects them all, something like a Google version of iTunes perhaps that can be connected across multiple devices such as laptops, desktops, tablets and smartphones. Maybe that's the connection between Chrome and Android down the road.
What do you think?
[via MobileAttack, Android Market]
