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Google’s Support for Audiobooks is Frustrating and Disappointing

26 January, 201823 July, 2018Audiobook, Google Books, Google Play4 Comments

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...

Knock Me Over with a Feather, Google Play Now Sells Audiobooks

23 January, 201823 January, 2018Audiobook, Google Books, Google Play4 Comments

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...

Google to Sell Audiobooks, Teases 50% Off Your First Purchase in Leaked Banner

20 January, 201820 January, 2018Audiobook, Google Books, Google Play3 Comments

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....

Google Play Books is Currently Offering a $5 credit

22 December, 201723 December, 2017Google Books, Google Play4 Comments

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...

Google Is Now Accepting Indie Authors into Play Books (Sometimes, And Only If You Ask Nice)

9 November, 201725 June, 2018Google Books, Google Play, Piracy, Self-Pub10 Comments

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...

Google Play Store to Sell Audiobooks?

3 November, 201711 November, 2017Audiobook, Google Books, Google PlayOne Comment

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...

Google Play Books is Renting Harlequin Titles for $.99 a Day

20 January, 201720 January, 2017eBookstore, Google Books, Google Play3 Comments

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...

Google Announces the Best Books of Google Play for 2016

1 December, 20163 December, 2016Google Books, Google Play4 Comments

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...

Google Play Family Library is a Bass-Ackward Way to Share eBooks, Other Content With Up to Six People

13 July, 201613 July, 2016Google Play5 Comments

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...

Google Play Reveals Its Best-Selling eBooks, Videos, and Games for 2015

4 December, 201512 May, 2017Google Books, Google Play3 Comments

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...

Google Play Books is a Safe Haven for Commercial eBook Piracy

4 May, 20151 June, 2018eBookstore, Google Play, Piracy58 Comments

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,...

Google Adds Human App Review Process, Adopts Country-Sensitive Ratings

17 March, 201524 March, 2015Google, Google Play2 Comments

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...

Google to Show Sponsored Apps in Google Play Search Results – Will eBooks Be Next?

26 February, 201518 August, 2015Advertising, Google Play8 Comments

Google has long sold the lead spots in its search results to advertisers, and now they’re expanding that practice to Google Play. The ad network has...

Google Play Books Updated with New Skim Mode, Better Support for Non Fiction

30 October, 201430 October, 2014e-Reading Software, Google Books, Google PlayLeave a comment

Google first got its start in ebooks with the often maligned book scanning project, and with the latest update to Google Play Books it is returning...

Google Play Books Launches In Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, And the Ukraine

24 September, 20149 June, 2015eBookstore, Google Books, Google Play6 Comments

Google might not be expanding their ebookstore at quite the same pace as last year but they haven’t stopped. Following the June expansion into Luxembourg, Norway,...