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Google and Israeli Antiquities Authority have launched the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library, which contains digital copies of thousands of copies of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

With the launch of the Pottermore website Rowling has brought app store economics to ‘niche’, that is to say single subject, markets. This is not only a dramatic change for book publishers but will certainly change online economics for other established franchises. Film, video games, and music retailers will be paying close attention to Rowling’s Harry Potter App Store as they attempt to replicate her economic model for themselves.

According to an article published in the Wall Street Journal today Google is weeks away from launching its long awaited digital book retail project known as Google Editions. The article states that the service from Google will launch this month in the US, and internationally within the first quarter of 2011.

Google and the Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA) have reached a deal that will allow Google to scan the complete collection of Dead Sea Scrolls, and publish them online for the world to see.