Good e-Reader tracks Google's move to weave Gemini-style AI into Google Play Books - summaries, Q&A, and recommendation layers on top of the EPUB/PDF stack Android readers already use.
The piece airs the usual split: some users want faster navigation and recall helpers; others worry about surveillance, shallow reading, and another place generative text interposes between you and the author's sentences. For publishers, it previews the next rights fight: what counts as fair use inside a reading app versus a new derivative product.
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