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Google Books Ngram Viewer Updated – Now Includes Books Published as Late as 2019

16 July, 202016 July, 2020Google BooksOne Comment

I was just reading on a mailing list for editors, Copyediting-L, that Google has updated the Ngram Viewer. Here’s the original announcement from Twitter: The Google...

Google Play Books is Now Renting Novels Published by Open Road Media

15 August, 201915 August, 2019Google Books3 Comments

A reader just tipped me to a new section in Play Books that contains around 200 ebooks you can rent (Thanks, Tom!). All the ebooks appear...

Google is Beta-Testing Custom Shelves, Search Features

15 August, 201915 August, 2019e-Reading Software, Google BooksOne Comment

Do you like trying the newest features before anyone else? I prefer tools that work, but for those who are more adventurous, Google announced a new...

Google Play Books Ends Discounting in Canada, Australia, and USA – Now Pays a 70% Royalty

11 August, 201911 August, 2019eBookstore, Google Books3 Comments

Remember a couple months back when I reported that Google was insisting that authors sign up for an account with Play Books even though the author’s...

How to Erase Your Google History (Yes, All of it)

1 July, 20193 July, 2019GoogleLeave a comment

Like Facebook, Google makes most of its money from selling ads, and like FB one way Google tries to make the ads more effective is by...

Google Play Books is Cutting Out the Middleman, Now Wants a Direct Relationship with Authors and Publishers

16 May, 201916 May, 2019Google Books, Self-Pub10 Comments

Many authors and publishers use a company such as PublishDrive or Draft2Digital to handle their distribution to smaller ebook retailers. They trade a small cut of...

Fourteen Amazing Google Docs Hacks to Make Writing Your Next Novel Easier

30 April, 201930 April, 2019content creation, Google, Tips and Tricks, Writing7 Comments

Google Docs is a popular word-processing tool that lets you access your documents and files from any internet-connected device. I for one have found it to...

How To Write A Book In Google Docs (video)

29 April, 201929 April, 2019Google, OfficeOne Comment

The above video is the work of Stefanie Newell. It came across my desk courtesy of The Book Designer’s Carnival of the Indies monthly link post,...

Google Play Books 5.1.9 Adds Audiobook Download Quality Settings, Custom Skip Duration Settings

9 April, 20199 April, 2019Audiobook, e-Reading Software, Google BooksOne Comment

When Google started selling audiobooks last January, the Play Books Android app made the experience so frustrating that only masochists would try it more than twice....

Did You Know Google Now Limits Search Results to Only 300 to 400 Links?

27 March, 201927 March, 2019Google9 Comments

Here’s something new I learned at the Computers in Libraries conference this week. Google may claim to have indexed a million or more results for the...

Google Site Kit Will Make It Easier to Integrate Google’s Services Into WordPress Sites

10 December, 201810 December, 2018Google, Web PublishingOne Comment

Between its SEO, traffic analysis, and performance optimization tools (Search Console, Analytics, and PageSpeed Insights, respectively), Google supplies a number of key tools used by just...

How to Download Audiobooks from Google Play Books – DRM-Free!

23 July, 201823 July, 2018Audiobook, Google Books11 Comments

When Google started selling audiobooks in Play Books back in January I was quick to dismiss their service because the audiobook experience was simply awful. It was...