According to the Wall Street Journal, Google will be releasing “Google Editions” this summer.  This service will compete directly with Amazon Kindle, iBook and B&N’s bookstores.  While not entirely surprising, it is great to see a company that knows how to manage and organize content getting into the book business.  Hopefully this service will be an “everybody gets to play” type of service where authors will be able to directly market to consumers taking out the middle man of the publishers.  What could be even more compelling is if Google editions is combined and tightly integrated with ChromeOS tablets and Android devices.  You can get more details in the video below.