These bookstores and a bunch others across the country have partnered with the American Booksellers Association to opt-in to sell Google eBooks through their online stores. There’s a formula involved to determine who gets how much of each sale, but it basically works like this: Google gets a cut, the American Booksellers Association gets a cut and the indie bookstore gets a cut. more ›

Last night we were messing around with Google Books, in search of something new to read. We were delighted to find more than 15,000 Chicago-oriented titles available for download - ranging from treatises on the history of the Chicago police force (through 1887) to articles pushing tax increment financing as an economic solution. more ›