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Google Play Books - Ebooks, Audiobooks, and Comics

Name: Google Play Books - Ebooks, Audiobooks, and Comics
Rating: 4.1 (363907 reviews)

Google LLC

All the books you love. On the page or out loud. Anywhere you are.

Free

4.1 Ratings 2M+ Reviews 1B+ Downloads

4.1

1.8M+ Ratings

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Sep 17, 2017

By Harquebusier

There is no other app for reading old, obscure works (for free in most cases) but Google Play. With it, I've read Joseph Priestley's "Disquisitions relating to Matter and Spirit" and I'm partway through his "Corruptions of Christianity." Also, George Berkeley's "Alciphron." Now I've moved on to Sir Humphrey Davy's "Elements of Chemical Philosophy," books that no one in their right mind would spend time on, but still so much fun. This is only augmented by the ability to highlight in five colors and to make your own footnotes. You can define most words in the text or else search for them on the web. I highly recommend this for any fan of dead authors.
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Great app that is far more better than other apps but still more to do
Oct 14, 2019

By Bibeku

I found this app great, still there are lot of things to improve to make it better. The great thing is that it has best 3d flipping animation while turning pages and it also syncs book to its drive, it can read both pdf and epub though it would better if it could read azw3, djvu, mobi, etc. it would also be better if i could put on some notes in it also it has some issues to be fixed while, i turn on voice for book it shuts off while going to another page simply it could read only a page at a time. i cant edit highlights i've previously made, to edit those highlight i should have to delete whole selected highlight and should be made again. To make this app better if user could make folders to separate different files. It would be great and i would be so thankful if the above issues and features would be upgraded. Thankyou for listening me.
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Apr 26, 2021

By Vincent Doggts

As an eBook reader, the app is pretty good. There's amazing competitor apps, but I read books partially with the intention of enhancing my vocabulary, and Play Books does offer the easiest, smoothest way to look up a word (in-app). I can also highlight words and have them be saved in Google Drive, which is great for revising those new words I'm learning! Also, being able to access my personal uploads on both PC and mobile is helpful, too.
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Great Reader App
Jul 31, 2017

By Noblueyes

As a reader app it does the job solidly! I can easily read any book I have purchased through Google however the browsing abilities of the app are severely lacking. I don't want to peruse articles as much as I want to look for more books I might find an interest in. When opening the app there is a decent "recommended for you" list but with no way to change or extend the list, search a new list or simply refresh the list without going through a "build your interests" type form. Obviously, I can browse on a desktop or laptop but that isn't as convenient as being able to do it from the same device I just finished reading from. It could also benefit from manipulating the screen timer. It's quite frustrating to constantly have to unlock the phone because the screen times itself out on every page.
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May 4, 2021

By Carole Mcdonald

As reader, no problem, but i wanted to buy a new book, and once i put in my code to buy the book i want, i get the code df-dferh-01. If you fix this, you get 5 stars. And yes i did do all the recommended actions on the help page. And no, i couldn't get in contact with anyone, the provided email for my region is not available, and then the returned email proposed the help site in turkish...it may not be your work to fix this, i just want a direct-ish answer. Thank you
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May 6, 2021

By HELEN CLAIRE REEVE

Great application for you to get to read lots of books on all sorts of different topics including nonfiction and fiction Theirs free books on most subjects and theirs also books that you can purchase and read which are usually available for less than it will cost for the books if you purchased them from a book store The choice is great and you'll get offers on books regularly aswell as discount voucher for books that are over a certain amount of money which is great I'm always to find something
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May 6, 2021

By Deserve Not Desire

I wish they would enhance the manga and comic feature a bit more and explore the genre of asian origin and bit more clearly so the user can filter through what they want better, its pretty good.
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May 6, 2021

By myo kyawkyaw

Open.
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May 6, 2021

By 02 Priti Mak

best
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May 6, 2021

By Jaibon Miasin

Text book for operations abdoments.
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Great stuff
Sep 17, 2017

By Harquebusier

There is no other app for reading old, obscure works (for free in most cases) but Google Play. With it, I've read Joseph Priestley's "Disquisitions relating to Matter and Spirit" and I'm partway through his "Corruptions of Christianity." Also, George Berkeley's "Alciphron." Now I've moved on to Sir Humphrey Davy's "Elements of Chemical Philosophy," books that no one in their right mind would spend time on, but still so much fun. This is only augmented by the ability to highlight in five colors and to make your own footnotes. You can define most words in the text or else search for them on the web. I highly recommend this for any fan of dead authors.
more less
Apr 26, 2021

By Vincent Doggts

As an eBook reader, the app is pretty good. There's amazing competitor apps, but I read books partially with the intention of enhancing my vocabulary, and Play Books does offer the easiest, smoothest way to look up a word (in-app). I can also highlight words and have them be saved in Google Drive, which is great for revising those new words I'm learning! Also, being able to access my personal uploads on both PC and mobile is helpful, too.
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May 1, 2021

By Sebastian Goszczynski

I never expected it is so much fun. Listening to books is such a banknote 10£ message worth truly delight. Read is human need. Many very successful people read 2 hours daily, even though it might seem they are too busy and/or have lots of better things to do than the active entertainment of read. Imagination is true asset of humanity according to most famous and accomplished leaders and innovators of modern Global Village. I humble pie recommend too from my however little realm & insignificance.
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May 4, 2021

By Plakhyadweep Garg

Really loved this app.. the best app to read books on mobile. I have a suggestion. If there's a button to hear the pronounciation in the pop up menu of word meaning , that would be really helpful.
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Apr 17, 2021

By Archana Kamble

That's really a wonderful app. Only the thing, the read books still appear in the main list of books with those not started, and also in the list of finished books, with download option. This causes confusion between read and unread books in the list. Also, the read book gets downloaded every single time when it gets clicked unintentionally. So the books need to be sorted out completely according to categories: not started, in progress and finished to avoid further confusion. Thanks.
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Great Reader App
Jul 31, 2017

By Noblueyes

As a reader app it does the job solidly! I can easily read any book I have purchased through Google however the browsing abilities of the app are severely lacking. I don't want to peruse articles as much as I want to look for more books I might find an interest in. When opening the app there is a decent "recommended for you" list but with no way to change or extend the list, search a new list or simply refresh the list without going through a "build your interests" type form. Obviously, I can browse on a desktop or laptop but that isn't as convenient as being able to do it from the same device I just finished reading from. It could also benefit from manipulating the screen timer. It's quite frustrating to constantly have to unlock the phone because the screen times itself out on every page.
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No Images
May 17, 2018

By Slappy18

All my purchased books have no images. Anytime there is supposed to be an image, it just says “image not available”, including on all the covers and photo inserts. When I download a sample, it does display the image! Does not make sense to me, and this just started only two days ago. I will wait to purchase any more books on my list for google play books until this is fixed. Other than this, it is (was) the highest quality of all the ebook apps. UPDATE: I thought it was fixed as I was getting images there for awhile, tried downloading some more books and “image not available” is occurring again! Please fix so I can always see the images when I open the book, I wii wait until this is finally fixed before making amy more purchases. Other than this glitch, all is good.
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Eh...
Oct 29, 2017

By BenGenGal

I’m giving this four stars because in some cases it seems to work well. My biggest complaint is getting samples of books. I like the ability to view a sample... but once a sample, always a sample... in the app anyway. I purchased the full book and can read the entire book on the browser but as soon as I go back to the app it’s a sample again. I’ve tried deleting the download and even removing the title and then going back to the full book on the web browser and clicking “view in app”. Even if I’m in chapter one on the browser when I click to view in app, it goes back to the introduction and says none of the chapters are able to be viewed. Like it’s still a sample. So I’m annoyed with that but otherwise the app seems okay.
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Apr 16, 2021

By AHYAAN ASIF

This app is fine. It is my favourite e-library app. It also allows uploading of pdf and e-pub but it would be better if it allowed comic format.It would be also be good if other things were also changed. First of all, it really should have option for making custom shelves to keep things organized. Second, When you change the E-pub Format , it changes automatically of the other books too. It would be better it each book's format should stay like it was when last changed it.
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May 5, 2021

By Debasish Satapathy

Best app for book reading but this app is not optimized for 10.1 android tablets. Text of all ebooks are blurry in tablet so it create a problem while reading ebooks. If you find a best app for book reading in phone than I highly recommend this app. Good app but not optimize for tablet.
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Great app that is far more better than other apps but still more to do
Oct 14, 2019

By Bibeku

I found this app great, still there are lot of things to improve to make it better. The great thing is that it has best 3d flipping animation while turning pages and it also syncs book to its drive, it can read both pdf and epub though it would better if it could read azw3, djvu, mobi, etc. it would also be better if i could put on some notes in it also it has some issues to be fixed while, i turn on voice for book it shuts off while going to another page simply it could read only a page at a time. i cant edit highlights i've previously made, to edit those highlight i should have to delete whole selected highlight and should be made again. To make this app better if user could make folders to separate different files. It would be great and i would be so thankful if the above issues and features would be upgraded. Thankyou for listening me.
more less
May 4, 2021

By Carole Mcdonald

As reader, no problem, but i wanted to buy a new book, and once i put in my code to buy the book i want, i get the code df-dferh-01. If you fix this, you get 5 stars. And yes i did do all the recommended actions on the help page. And no, i couldn't get in contact with anyone, the provided email for my region is not available, and then the returned email proposed the help site in turkish...it may not be your work to fix this, i just want a direct-ish answer. Thank you
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Apr 14, 2021

By simeon hector

Pdf's do not show color when device is in dark mode. The other issue is, when outside with no data, books won't open even if They have been downloaded to the device for Offline reading. The app itself opens, but nothing else opens. other than these issues, this is my favourite reading app. Also, being able to organise our library isa most, yet we have no option to.
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Apr 19, 2021

By Youngsta Mr Freitas

I like google books the selection of books is endless. It's easy to read the books on the app and until more recently i didnt have any complaints. There are definetly inconsistency's in the Search Bar and it has been brought to Googles Attention. It is after i factory reset the phone that i noticed the app is supposd to come downloaded and it's asking me to download the app or update the app. i don't expect the creators to have the option to automatic updates but my app is buggin.
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Good enough I guess
May 6, 2018

By taylormicky

(TLDR: no page forward from left side of screen) Pros compared to native iBooks: - text size, font, spacing far more customizable - text fills to the edge of the screen (finally!) - navigation to the "bookstore" is hidden in the left toolbar (no more tapping 4 different bottom-row icons by accident when I just want to read books from my library) - interface just "feels" more updated/streamlined Cons: - NO OPTION TO PAGE FORWARD WHEN TAPPING THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN. This is my biggest issue with the app. If you don't mind, then you'll probably really like the app. It might make it almost unusable for me - no ability to sort books into folders (while convenient in iBooks, the fact that they force an "all books" main screen instead of just uncategorized books makes it worthless to me, so in that regards it's not a big issue that play books doesn't have it) I only use it to read uploaded epubs so I don't know how everything looks for purchased books. However, I would like the opportunity to customize the blank cover that shows up with uploaded books, with my own image or text. That alone would entice me to use this app even without the ability to page forward from the left of the screen.
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