Google Books


What's New
Bug fix...
Size:
2.0M
Category:
Reference
OS:
Android
Developer:
Google Inc.
Price:
Free
Websitebsite:
http://books.google.co
Requirements:
2.0 - 2.3.3
Version:
Varieswithdevice

Description - Google Books

Google Inc. , the publisher behind many Android apps (Google TV Remote ,Schemer ,Google Search ,Blogger ,Listen ,Google Authenticator), brings Google Books with a number of new features along with the usual bug fixes. Google Books apps has been update to version Varieswithdevice with several major changes and improvements. Apps release that improves performance, provides several new options.
HIGHLIGHTS
  • Using the high quality voice is awesome..
  • The most realistic reading experience of an electronic book on Android..
  • Nice apps All book read in apps..
  • Cloud based..
  • This application is very necessary for read books..

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Overall Satisfactionc53
I can read more books and download books to read offline.
Bought more books now it crashes within 15 seconds of opening.
thanks Google it's really helping hand for students.
Thanks Google for forcing this app on me.
Love being able to read books and switch between both my tablet and phone.
Constantly have to re -download books that were previously completely downloaded.
otherwise a perfect app for book lovers.
I can't choose a language for book search.
I like the interface for google books better than kindle.
Using the high quality voice is awesome.
but I can not find any high quality voice setting anywhere.
Now I can read my favorite books without holding a big book.
Fun & Engagingc53
I can read more books and download books to read offline.
Bought more books now it crashes within 15 seconds of opening.
Awesome book selection.
Needs more improvement.
Usefulnessc52
functions well its all up to date well constructed app.
very up to date and more accurate than kindle.
By far the most unreliable app i've installed to date.
Production Valuesc45
The page turning animation is genuinely immersive rather than gimmicky.
Add page turning animation & landscape viewing to make it better.
- There's no way to disable the animated page turning.
+Page turning 3d animation is very responsive.
The dictionary plus page turn 3D animation.
Ease of Usec52
A great clean and simple reader.
A very simple reader that lacks even the most basic functionality.
Reliabilityc39
Updates & Supportc35
I need it to my phone android version 2.
The android version is spectacular.
I'm sure their customer service will be great.
Excellent Customer Service.

Category for Graphic Novels. found in 6 reviews
Brightness adjustments and night theme is a huge leap in usability. found in 14 reviews
Google playbooks is awesome I love reading the books. found in 35 reviews
cloud storage. found in 9 reviews
millions of books for free and otherwise. found in 6 reviews
I got the new wimpy kid book for free. found in 7 reviews
Can't import epubs and it doesn't 'read aloud' all books purchased. found in 47 reviews
Root your phone if you want to uninstall any app. found in 426 reviews
ability to load open source docs like Gutenberg. found in 10 reviews
Needs side loading of DRM free books and PDF files. found in 54 reviews
now every time I try to open a book I have to uninstall and update. found in 71 reviews
Needs sd card storage but good besides that. found in 204 reviews
Needs ability to import books and would love the page turning animation like. found in 201 reviews
- for unable to read books from file system on device -1 star. found in 57 reviews
The read aloud feature doesn't know when to turn pages automatically. found in 290 reviews
Force closes nearly every time I try to open a book. found in 71 reviews
Why cant i download free books without giving my credit card number. found in 300 reviews
There are missing pages especially when the story gets exciting. found in 43 reviews
Nice ui but asks card details even when the book is free. found in 51 reviews
Finally this needs the ability to sideload books from the app. found in 33 reviews
Whenever i try to install this app it says invalid package. found in 86 reviews
y only debit cards on the earth to verify nationality. found in 116 reviews
Has trouble loading books and skipping forward to sync position. found in 61 reviews
Uploaded epub files have stretched and thus distorted pictures. found in 178 reviews
Can't move to SD card Don't see point on small screen devices. found in 93 reviews
Doesn't upload books or even connect to the Internet sometimes. found in 84 reviews
I'll be forced to switch ereader apps. found in 160 reviews
Google Books does just enough and nothing more. found in 535 reviews
don't seem to follow the logic of registering credit card for free books. found in 1050 reviews
I don't want to read books on this tiny screen. found in 178 reviews
All of my imported EPUB files display with distorted images. found in 178 reviews
Doesn't support offline dictionary and reading mode for uploaded pdfs. found in 160 reviews
Doesn't have ability to import books I already own from Kindle and Aldiko. found in 201 reviews
I so badly want to uninstall it but I can't. found in 426 reviews
For free books due to this I charged 50 rs thrice. found in 1046 reviews
I can't download free books without putting a credit card in or something. found in 300 reviews
so if you're looking for an app to read books. found in 520 reviews
Please fix Google wallet to register with debit cards. found in 116 reviews
Please fix the read aloud feature to make it useful. found in 290 reviews
I hate being forced to keep useless apparently I don't want. found in 157 reviews
This needs a dictionary and the ability to highlight stuff. found in 204 reviews
But U Need To Get More Free Books. found in 1046 reviews
Cannot make this app stop doing auto updates. found in 194 reviews
Unable to read from sd card and dictionary not working. found in 204 reviews
Every time I try to read a book it says can't display please fix. found in 209 reviews

If you are Android owner,you now can download Google Books for free from Google Play. The application is supporting English language. It weighs in at only 10MB to download. It is highly advisable to have the latest app version installed so that you don`t miss out on the fresh new features and improvements. The current app version Varieswithdevice has been released on 2014-01-10. For ensuring consistency with the device you should take into account the following app compatibility information: 2.0 - 2.3.3
Bottom Line: For more information about Google Books check developer Google Inc.`s website : http://books.google.com/help/ebooks/android.html


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Most recent update doesn t allow books to open I looked at reviews from others and saw the developers indicated that ALL data from app should be cleared I very reluctantly did this I keep quite a few books on my device never know what you might be in the mood to read Downloaded one of the books and it STILL doesn t open Wish I didn t have automatic updates on for this app or that I could go back to the previous version that worked Google has essentially locked us out of our books     Becky Mahon
There seems to be a problem with the copy text functionality It seems to be an On Off function With no guarantee of it working at any given time Further for certain books this function is totally absent If it helps the Kindle reader does not have problems with copying text And also it would be good as I noted in a message to Google support earlier this week if the books in the Google Playbooks app are organized according to genres and are stacked in Shelf form Thanks                 Damian Tharcisius
Generally I really love the app but the page counter thing and slider at the bottom don t work on the book I m reading The Painted Man by Peter V Brett The page counter always says 0 pages left in this chapter and the slider always says 15 20 and goes mental if you try to use the slider Not sure if it s this book or the app but it wants looking either way         Martin Brook
All in all it s a great app let s you read your books no problem and you can even upload your own epub documents and read them there But for some reason I cannot turn of the Blue Light Filter and it s starting to get on my nerves more and more It probably has something to do with the fact that enabling disabling night mode doesn t change anything for me Really does what it s supposed to do very well but that little thing really bothers me personally             Emily K.
I used to love this app but the last few days it won t open any of my books I tried removing and re downloading my books and when that didn t work I uninstalled and reinstalled play books and it still won t open any of my books I am very frustrated because reading is the only thing that keeps me sane If there is anyone that can help me fix whatever is causing this issue I will change my rating to 5 stars accordingly     Corrin Rodriguez
The best feature is that your books are sync d between all devices and are even readable in the web client and you can easily upload your own ePubs However development of the app has been severely neglected for many years now My top requests Create a way to organize books into collections or shelves Enable continuous highlighting like nearly every other reader Disable dictionary lookups annoying             Josh Dillon
You can only download your book on one device at a time which completely negates the purpose of having the app on more than one device At this point I may as well have bought the physical book and carried it around with me I did all of the troubleshooting measures listed in the help section and have tested my wifi connection Online books are not working     Alyssa Fairbairn
Great reading app but I had night mode activated and it turned my screen permanently yellow even when I was not using the app I spent like a month without knowing what was wrong only to then figure it out that it was this app It shouldn t work like that If I wanted my phone to be yellow all the time I could easily just turn on night mode in the phone             Angel Sanchez
I used to never have issues with this app either It used to work great for me But since the last update I either have to turn off the continued text which obviously it s a lot easier to read or I have to turn it sideways Half the time when I turn it sideways I can only go forward a few pages before it messes up again Please fix whatever bug this is         Marie Backlucklund
Very simple and clean layout works just fine and dandy I do hope it adds a custom shelves system i have well over 1000 books and having a better way to sort them other than remembering titles and scrolling for a few minutes when i want to reread something It would be a perfect 5 stars if it was added                 Starbit Soda
Desperately waiting for an updat to fix this bug because theapp is back to apparently not downloading the full book or something I am once again not able to read a downloaded book It either does not open or I am able to read a few pages and the next page is blank and seems to be trying to download When I minimize the book the pages are blank I ve followed the developer s advice but it s back to not working This started after the last update I hope it gets fixed soon because I love this app         Ana Paula Batista
Previous 1 star review Successive versions still have the problem of turning the screen amber as soon as it is launched with no way to disable this Update I have now discovered this is a problem with Samsung s Adaptive Display mode which you can find in Settings Changing this to another display mode cures the problem                     Andrew McGarva
The highlighting system is inaccurate and not practical in fact sometimes leave out syllables of words and cannot correct the defect moreover often the cross to cancel the highlighting does not appear The sepia tone is too soft consequently it is insufficient It is not possible to read a title and writer s name without close the book     Anna
App was working well for a long time but lately it uses a ton of mobile data in the foreground while I read For a 30 minute read it uses almost 100mb even though the book is downloaded to my device and all the settings regarding download over WiFi are checked off     Reese Filteau
I ve been enjoying this app more than Kindle and have been considering swapping over to it entirely but when I try to purchase books both on mobile and on desktop I m faced with an endlessly spinning wheel that will never load the purchase screen Any idea how to fix this bug             KabutoKishi
Decent book app but doesn t have the option to read aloud in Android Auto To do this you have to open the app on the phone and start the book It would be far more useful to have this option available in the AA UI         Richard Mead
Too many updates Not just Google Play Books but every google app is constantly updating everyday I seriously can t go a day without googke apps updating Please get it right or schedual one huge update every month Otherwise I m force deleting all google products     AtomicAngel182
Good app but there is some weirdness with text anti aliasing when reading e textbooks on a Galaxy Tab S5e and there s no obvious place to submit bug reports                 Paul T Sjordal
There seems to be a problem again with uploading ebooks on the app Uploads keep on failing again Please fix this             Teddy Menecky
It s Good But it takes so much space from the storage when you download any book             Ahmed Najeeb
The app is great but I have one suggestion could you create a night mode My screen is much too very in the dark while I m reading                     Ethyn T.
Superb reading experience but there really needs to be a panel zoom in the comic books especially for smaller devices                     Byron Owens
Could do with a way to do a web search and a dark theme for the library Otherwise it s won me over The family library feature is perfect for us                     Hugo Brand
I like this app alot but in all fairness im not sure if it s because i have credit with Google and therefore just use it more Or if the features are better                 Heather Brown
Lately finding my highlights disappearing I underline and make notes in a book later when I reopen the book the highlights and notes have disappeared I don t want them cluttering up my google drive just want them to be there in the book when I open it again Why do they disappear This didn t happen before     michelle weber
Lately there have been a lot of pausing in the reading I hope this is fixed soon                 Kris Yarych
There has been a constant error where the reading function is bugging and only reads in online mode I can t even play a single book in offline mode It s has been on and off like this for the past 2 months The offline version of of the reader is a lot smoother and doesn t hurt my ears for listening to it for only 2 min This needs to be looked at I am astonished no one has brought it up yet         ali asfour
Books don t download or sync with my other devices or phone I pay a lot of my meager income for books often what the hard copy sometimes more for the ebook I would like to get what I paid for Edit The problem seems to have been worked out I may have not allowed enough time for the books to download as I had ordered several at the same time                 J. Shelton
Recent update caused the read aloud function to automatically restart after pausing when the app is minimized then opened again             Brandon Harbour
Works wonders Its has beautiful UI But it still lacks a lot No separation for the classics like amazon classics No x ray feature like in kindle and no highlights for the best lines in the book as they are in kindle Playstore with its new UI and integration with google play is amazing exept it could be a lot better Best feature in google play is the UI especially for the reader and playstore integration Many of the books have no quality books for example chorlette s web ebook for 200 rs             Gursimran Singh
Issue with Night Mode Prior to Android O this feature was present as toggle button in font setting providing increasing amber hues with low light Post Android O it has been integrated with device OS inbuilt Night Light setting Device OS is stock Android P where max intensity is yellow instead of required amber hue I ve exhausted all methods to contact support about this with no luck Developer email on this page gives No longer in use response             Trisha Gupta
The comics showing in black I have bought two sets of three manga books now and both have whole books that show up in black I am unable to read them at all For now i will leave them on my phone and see if this gets fixed But I am getting a little gumpy Also parts of some sets of books are missing I understand that is probably a publisher problem but it sucks when one is planning to read a set of books and some are missing Other then that the rest works ok             Pamela Ryman
For whatever reason my Play Books app has decided that no more than one letter should be on a page I have tried undownloading and then downloading the book again I have cleared the storage and signed back in I have uninstalled the play books app and then reinstalled it It doesn t matter what book I try to read this seems to happen I will get it working fine and then bam all of the sudden I m back to one letter per page It s so frustrating to not have access to my books     Brooke Segura
This app is the only ebook reader that I have tested that makes reading and bookmarking PDFs easy It uploads them fast without any need to fuss with transfer cables or whatever I have several PDF academic excerpts I need to read and have been dissatisfied with Kindle Nook and several other readers for this functionality The look could be much more smooth as far as a book library though But if PDFs are what you need this is it                 Michele Shea
I like the app but it is buggy Switching from portrait to landscape orientation and back can throw a reader back to the beginning of a chapter I set one bookmark and now I cannot remove it or set another one even though I can perform both of the actions it has no effect             Ryan Rockich
Android 10 gestures ruined Books usability Swiping at the side of the screen to turn a page almost unfailingly causes the app to believe you MIGHT be invoking the Back gesture and so it drops the toolbar into view obscuring the first lines of text on the new page On EVERY NEW PAGE Either the top margin should be increased so the toolbar won t encroach on the text the toolbar should be made transparent or let me disable the right side back gesture within only this app What a nightmare         Adam Heffelfinger
Excellent I ve been using this app to have access to many of my personal downloaded Graphic Novels and books as well as purchasing lots of other of the same I ve recently been using the Audio book option my only issues with the app is that when you create a bookmark you can t label it so you know what the book mark was for I do this in many of my Kindle books and Audible books do I can jump to my favorite parts Please update this option so I can give the app 5 stars                 TJ Shields
Doesn t sync We r expected to read on one device only Kindle is definitely better         Chu Trandinh
Still needs dark mode throughout the app not just within a book If you don t turn Night Light off before leaving a book it will still be enabled even after you ve close Play Books and requires that you re enter the app choose a book to turn it off Why             Patrick O'Reilly
I love Google books and use it for most of my reading I can also buy most of my books and the option to upload some of my own is really useful The only downside for me and its a big one is the read to me function isn t working now I use this a lot and it now changes the voice to an almost unintelligible accent think a heavily accented Spanish female version of Stephen hawking Will still use the app but this is a real pain             Steph Galloway


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