Google sent out an email today, bringing our attention to their new sales data page. Dear Partner, We’ve redesigned how sales data appears in your Google Play Books Partner Center account. In the...Continue reading
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Google Play Books Now Offers Promo Codes
Google just gave us another reason to set up an author/publisher account in their bookstore: Promo Codes. The ad network giant sent out an email via the Google Play Books...Continue reading
Google Play Books Now Pays a 70% Royalty in 60+ Countries
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. Google sent out an...Continue reading
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 cares...Continue reading
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. But...Continue reading
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 a...Continue reading
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 see...Continue reading
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 capabilities...Continue reading
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 Play...Continue reading
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 from...Continue reading
Google Announces the Best Books of Google Play for 2016
With the year drawing to a close, Google announced its annual “Best of 2016” lists on Thursday. The ad network has assembled Google Play’s Best of lists by searching out the...Continue reading
Google Play Family Library is a Bass-Ackward Way to Share eBooks, Other Content With Up to Six People
Google has finally taken the covers off its family library system for its Google Play services, and the feature is just as badly designed as when we first heard about it in...Continue reading
Google Play Reveals Its Best-Selling eBooks, Videos, and Games for 2015
Google has released its year-end “best of” lists for Google Play this week. You can find the lists on a special page in the Google Play Store, and for the...Continue reading
Google Play Books is a Safe Haven for Commercial eBook Piracy
Piracy is endemic to almost every retail site which sells digital content. Some sites such as Amazon routinely (and sometimes aggressively) police their catalog for pirated content, while others have a...Continue reading
Google Adds Human App Review Process, Adopts Country-Sensitive Ratings
Google may operate the second largest app store in the world and serve a billion people in over 190 countries, but for the longest time that store was allowed to operate under...Continue reading