Google recently added some new features to their Play Books App for Android and iOS to help make learning to read easier for young kids. The new reading tools allow children and parents to listen to books being read aloud, and kids can also tap on individual words to hear them spoken out loud. The […]
Google Play Books: Get $4 Credit on Any eBook Over $4 (Select Accounts)
Google is currently running a promotion on the Google Play Books Store where you can apply a $4 credit to any ebook purchase over $4. According to the terms and conditions, the offer is only valid in the United States and eligibility is based on purchase history, whatever that means. I haven’t purchased any ebooks […]
Share eBooks Using Google Play Family Library
If you get your ebooks and audiobooks from the Google Play Store, you may not know that you can share them with up to 5 family members using Google’s Family Library. Once you setup a Family Library, you can easily share purchased ebooks and audiobooks with selected family members, as well as apps, games, movies […]
Google Now Selling Audiobooks, Get 50% Off First Purchase
Today Google announced that they’ve added a new audiobook section to the Google Play Store. Plus they’re offering a bunch of best-selling titles for $10 or less to celebrate the launch of the new audiobook store, and you can also get 50% off your first purchase. Google’s audiobooks are being sold individually, with no option […]
Google Adds eBooks from Local Libraries to Search Results
There’s a story going around about how Google has started displaying ebooks from local libraries in Google search results. So far it’s kind of hit or miss which titles show the option. I had to run several searches of book titles before seeing the “Borrow eBook” section appear, and I was searching for ebooks that […]
Too Bad Google Doesn’t Make a Dedicated E Ink eReader
I’ll admit, I often forget that Google sells ebooks. Sometimes I think Google forgets that too. They never seem to do any advertising or make any attempt whatsoever to gain visibility in the ebook space. Google’s ebook market share is reportedly only around 2% at best. That’s just crazy considering the fact that the Google […]
$5 Credit at Google Play Books; Kobo Aura One Returns
Here are a couple of ereading notes to parlay into a single post. First off, Google is running a promotion where you can get $5 off any ebook priced over $5. The credit is limited to one use per customer and is only valid in the United States. You have to redeem and use the […]
How to Export Google Doc Files as ePub eBooks
Google added a new feature to Google Docs this past week that gives users the option to export their document files as ebooks in ePub format. Aside from Amazon and the Kindle, just about every ebook reader app and reading device supports ePub format. EPub has some obvious advantages over ebooks in PDF and other […]