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 so bad that...
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With “Talk to Books”, Google Wants to Replace English Lit Professors
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 to answering fuzzy...
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Google Adds Bookmarks, Speed Controls, and More to Audiobooks in Google Play Books App
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 started selling audiobooks...
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Google’s Support for Audiobooks is Frustrating and Disappointing
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 a retailer that...
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Knock Me Over with a Feather, Google Play Now Sells Audiobooks
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 New Year’s resolutions....
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Google to Sell Audiobooks, Teases 50% Off Your First Purchase in Leaked Banner
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. 9to5Google reports that...
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Google Play Books is Currently Offering a $5 credit
Google is holding a sale in its ebookstore right now, but only for US customers. If you head over to the Play Store home page right now you will...
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Google Is Now Accepting Indie Authors into Play Books (Sometimes, And Only If You Ask Nice)
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 our content management...
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Google Play Store to Sell Audiobooks?
Google doesn't sell a lot of ebooks, and pretty soon they will also not be selling a lot of audiobooks. Android Police pulled part the latest version of the...
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About That “Dramatic Growth of Swearing in Books”
A recently published academic paper has shown that the weakening of censorship inside publishers has lead to a dramatic increase in the use of swear words in American books...
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Google is Now Selling Snack-Sized eBooks in India
Hot on the heels of news that Radish had launched a reading service for bite-sized content comes a new report that Google is now selling micro-ebooks in India. There's...
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Security Hole Discovered in Amazon, Apple, Google eBook Portals
A security researcher revealed this week that Amazon and other ebook retailers had neglected to patch a fifteen-year-old XML security flaw. From The Register: The similar but separate XML external...
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Google Play Books is Renting Harlequin Titles for $.99 a Day
Early last month Google briefly rented YA titles from HarperCollins for a dollar a day. Now they are running a similar sale on Harlequin titles. The weekly sales email...
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19 Months Later, and Google Still Hasn’t Reopened Signups in Its Play Books Publishing Portal
It has been nineteen months since Google closed its book publisher portal in Google Play Books, and the larger blogosphere is just beginning to realize that it may never...
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Google Play Books is Now Renting YA Titles from Harper Teen
eBook retailers like Amazon have been renting ebooks since forever, but until this week they only rented digital textbooks. HarperCollins launched a special sale in Google Play Books yesterday....
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