Google Books

Google has kicked off 2011 with a new acquisition. The search engine giant purchased online publishing company eBook Technologies.

“EBook Technologies, Inc. is excited to announce that we have been acquired by Google,” the company said in a note on its Web site. “Working together with Google will further our commitment to providing a first-class reading experience on emerging tablets, e-readers and other portable devices.”

Few other details were provided. Most of the links on eBook Technologies’s Web site now re-direct to the Google acquisition note.

“We are happy to welcome eBook Technologies’ team to Google,” Google said in a statement. “Together, we hope to deliver richer reading experiences on tablets, electronic readers and other portable devices.”