VA Funding Fee. In layman's terms the VA funding fee is a fee that the Department of Veteran's Affairs charges on each loan so that the VA can generate enough revenue to maintain the existence of the VA home loan program.
Reading Google eBooks on a Kindle Fire entails sideloading the Indiebound Reader App (which also works for the Nook, Android, iPhone, and iPad -- you can find the app in your device's app store).
Publishers and authors can submit their books to Google through the Play Books Partner Centre. Apart from being able to buy the ebook from Google Play, customers can preview these books through Google Books, with the publisher being able to set the percentage of the book available for preview.