Daniel Clancy

Daniel Clancy, director of Google Books, offered a keynote presentation at the Winter Institute's Technology Day that provided booksellers with insights into plans for Google Editions, launching later this year, as well as a deeper understanding of the challenges of the e-book marketplace.

from Lincoln Gould, Booksellers NZ CEO (reporting from San Jose)

Imagine a reader coming into your bookstore with their cell phone linked to Google, buying an e-book, and your bank account is credited with the 30% retail margin for that book.

This is the essence of the Google “cloud” concept outlined today by Daniel Clancy of Google Editions at the American Booksellers Association Winter Institute, attended by 500 booksellers in San Jose, California.