Google Play Books
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Google Play Books on Android Nougat
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| Initial release | December 6, 2010 (as Google eBooks) | ||||
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| Development status | Active | ||||
| Platform | Android, iOS, Chrome, web | ||||
| Size | 11.19 MB (Android) 22.4 MB (iOS) |
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| Type | Digital distribution | ||||
| Website | play |
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| Android | 3.12.15 / February 24, 2017 |
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| iOS | 3.0.2 / November 4, 2016 |
| Pricing model | Varies by country |
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| Format | EPUB, PDF |
| Restrictions | Adobe DRM scheme |
| Preview | Free chapters from every book |
| Availability | 65 countries |
| Website | play |
Google Play Books (formerly Google eBooks) is an ebook digital distribution service operated by Google. Users can purchase and download ebooks from Google Play, which offers over five million titles, with Google claiming it to be the "largest ebooks collection in the world". Books can be read on a dedicated Books section on the Google Play website, through the use of a mobile app available for Android and iOS, through the use of select e-readers that offer support for Adobe Digital Editions, and through a Google Chrome web browser app. Users may also upload up to 1,000 ebooks in the PDF or EPUB file formats. Google Play Books is available in 75 countries.
Google Play Books was launched in December 2010, with a reseller program letting independent booksellers sell Google ebooks on their websites for a cut of sales. It also launched an affiliate program in June 2011, allowing website owners to earn a commission by referring sales to the then-named Google eBookstore. However, the reseller program ended in April 2012, with Google stating that it had "not gained the traction that we hoped it would" and "not met the needs of many readers or booksellers". The affiliate program closed for new signups in February 2012, with Google announcing that it would scale down the initiative, making it private and invitation-only.
The mobile Android app has seen several significant updates since its introduction, including different reading modes with color contrasts, support for text highlighting and note-taking, a zoomed-out view with easy page sliding in an effort to improve reading experiences for books not read cover-to-cover, a vertical scrolling mode for comic books, a "Night Light" feature that gradually filters blue light to reduce eye strain after sunset, and using machine learning imaging technologies to expand speech bubbles in comics.
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