Back in July Google started testing new royalty terms in the US, Canada, and Australia, and now they are expanding the terms to cover all markets....Continue reading
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...Continue reading
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...Continue reading
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...Continue reading
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...Continue reading
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...Continue reading
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....Continue reading
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...Continue reading
Google’s developed a new way to ask its search engine research questions, and it could make English Lit classes a breeze. Talk to Books is Google’s solution...Continue reading
Google rolled out an update today for its Play Books app that fixed the frustrating experience of listening to audiobooks in that app shortly after Google...Continue reading
Google started selling audiobooks several days ago. If you haven’t tried them yet, that is okay because you are better off avoiding Google in favor of...Continue reading
Google has expanded its lackluster effort to sell books to include audiobooks as well as ebooks. Read more.” Every year it’s one of the most popular...Continue reading
Back in November I brought you the news that Google was looking at selling audiobooks in Google Play, and now it appears the launch is imminent....Continue reading
When Google closed its publisher portal two and a half years ago in response to massive ebook piracy, they said the move was temporary so they could “improve...Continue reading