Google Ebookstore

[Agata Schweiss]

Withthe rumored Chrome OS announcement potentially happening tomorrow, Google added more oomph to their week by also launching their ebookstore, The New York Times and others are reporting. The centerpiece of the launch is reading digital books via cloud software, and even though the site is still a little hidden right now (not even linked on the main Google page), the launch appears to have gone smoothly.

The CNN article points out that Google books have actual page numbers, versus the Kindle's location number which actually marks the exact point where one make a mark. The same article goes on to say that Google takes 30-48% of the purchase price into their coffers. It also says that small booksellers can have their own stores within this space which is pretty interesting.

Also, the little known Kindle refresh which lets you access your kindle highlights like flashcards and review what you've read keeps the most important things in reading in my mind. If you go to you can manage your kindle and tell it to sync highlights as well as setting up the refresh feature and whether you want to review your notes every 3 months, 6 months, 9 months or a year! This is a powerful feature!

The Money

Interestingly, as comparing the Google bookstore above to the best sellers in the Kindle ebookstore below there are two things that are noticeable: 1) the Kindle prices for best selling books tend to hover around $9.95 and 2) there are a huge amount of free books and some games available for free on the Kindle.Either way, what happened in the music industry in the last 10 years is hitting the publishing industry full steam.

Vicki Davis is a full-time classroom teacher and IT Director in Georgia, USA. She is Mom of three, wife of one, and loves talking about the wise, transformational use of technology for teaching and doing good in the world. She hosts the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast which interviews teachers around the world about remarkable classroom practices to inspire and help teachers. Vicki focuses on what unites us -- a quest for truly remarkable life-changing teaching and learning. The goal of her work is to provide actionable, encouraging, relevant ideas for teachers that are grounded in the truth and shared with love. Vicki has been teaching since 2002 and blogging since 2005. Vicki has spoken around the world to inspire and help teachers reach their students. She is passionate about helping every child find purpose, passion, and meaning in life with a lifelong commitment to the joy and responsibility of learning. If you talk to Vicki for very long, she will encourage you to "Relate to Educate" or "innovate like a turtle" or to be "a remarkable teacher." She loves to talk to teachers who love their students and are trying to do their best. Twitter is her favorite place to share and she loves to make homemade sourdough bread and cinnamon rolls and enjoys running half marathons with her sisters. You can usually find her laughing with her students or digging into a book.

The Lifeway.com ebookstore offers more than 8,000 titles and the Lifeway Reader app comes with a free, preloaded copy of the Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB). Other free content is also available online.

All ebooks with Scripture references are automatically linked to the related Bible passage. Users can click on the link to display a pop-up window in the app without having to switch apps or wait for a new browser program to start.

For example, customers who purchased digital curriculum, such as The Gospel Project, may access much of that content through the Lifeway Reader app using their Lifeway ID. In addition, all digital content purchased from MyStudyBible.com and some other Lifeway Christian Resources apps is available if customers used their Lifeway ID during checkout.

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