Image credit: Google As a parent, finding the buying the best books for your children can be an expensive undertaking, thanks to the price of books are increasing year by year. Addressing this challenge up to some extent, Google Play Books has announced that it is expanding its kids’ collection by giving away 300+ non-fiction kids' books for free on the platform. The more … [Read more...] about Google Play Books Now Offers 300+ free eBooks for children
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Google Play Books to offer audiobook previews on YouTube
Google Play Books has been provided an update that introduces several new features to the app, the company revealed via a blog post. That includes integration with YouTube where users will be able to listen to audiobook previews for free. This would be in addition to the audiobook previews that are already available via the Play Books app for Android, iOS, and the web. As it … [Read more...] about Google Play Books to offer audiobook previews on YouTube
Google Play Books now offering new ‘Reading Practice’ tool for young readers to pick up reading skills
Google Play Books is introducing a new tool called Reading Practice in the United States. The feature is aimed at helping early readers enhance their comprehension skills through children's e-books. This feature will be available on the Google Play Books Android app as well as in Google Kids Space. With Reading Practice, young readers will have the opportunity to expand … [Read more...] about Google Play Books now offering new ‘Reading Practice’ tool for young readers to pick up reading skills
If Google Play Books Insta-Crashing? Here’s the Solution
Google Play Books offers an extensive library of e-books, audiobooks, and other readable content. Although the platform is becoming increasingly popular among users (readers), there are frequent reports of crashes as users open the app. In response to these complaints, Google has acknowledged the bug. If you are having issues with your Play Books app crashing upon opening, … [Read more...] about If Google Play Books Insta-Crashing? Here’s the Solution
E-Book Platforms Face-Off: Google Play Books vs Amazon Kindle
Both Google Play Books and Amazon Kindle are very popular among readers. But when it comes to choosing one of them, it can be tricky to make the selection. So, we've created this Google Play Books vs Amazon Kindle comparison guide to make the selection easier. Hope this helps: Google Play Books vs Amazon Kindle Google Play Books is an e-book digital distribution service … [Read more...] about E-Book Platforms Face-Off: Google Play Books vs Amazon Kindle
Audio Books as an Evolving Media of Storytelling
In recent years, there has been a huge surge in audiobook popularity, and the audiobook industry has made listening to new reading. As more and more people look for easy ways to fit reading into their busy lives, audiobooks have become a convenient and accessible option. Also, with dynamic narration techniques and lifelike quality of recordings, these books are the new … [Read more...] about Audio Books as an Evolving Media of Storytelling
Google is now rolling out the redesigned Play Books widget
Late last year, Google announced a slew of new features for Android during the holidays. There were many exciting announcements, including new widgets for Google Photos, an organizational system called Family Bell, added functionality to Android Auto, and so much more. One of the announcements that did not get as much spotlight back then was the new Google Play Books widget. … [Read more...] about Google is now rolling out the redesigned Play Books widget
Google Play Books now has new tools to make reading easier for kids
Google Play Books has introduced a set of new tools that aim to make it easier for even kids to get started with reading books. This makes for a significant departure from the usual trend so far where the Google app only catered to the requirements of seasoned readers. That has changed now as kids who have just started to grasp the nuances of the English language will also have … [Read more...] about Google Play Books now has new tools to make reading easier for kids
Best audiobook apps of 2021
While reading a book has some kind of a romance to it that is unlike any, letting your ears do the reading has its own allure. Most are likely to have fond memories of listening to stories during bedtime which, at times, can be even more exciting than reading. Fortunately, technology has made it possible to relive that excitement anytime and anywhere with what has come to be … [Read more...] about Best audiobook apps of 2021
Google Play Books Launches Beta Features
Today, Google Play Books is launching Beta Features, which gives our users early access to experimental features. These features are opt-in only on the web and may lack a bit of polish, but could evolve, improve, disappear or transform into new Play Books product updates. While they’re experimental, they're designed to test and improve the user experience. Head to … [Read more...] about Google Play Books Launches Beta Features
Amazon and Google have the last Cloud Readers
The Amazon Kindle Cloud Reader and Google Play Books Cloud Reader systems allow users to read ebooks they have downloaded for free or purchased in all of the major internet browsers. The provide fully functional e-reading experiences where the text, spacing, margins and fonts can be changed. Barnes and Noble and Kobo had their own online readers that they ran for a few years, … [Read more...] about Amazon and Google have the last Cloud Readers
Google Audiobooks introduces Trim Silences
Google Play Books is the only way you can listen to audiobooks purchased from Google and they just introduced a new feature called Trim Silences. This function will automatically truncate long pauses between words or sentences. Most audiobooks are professionally made and remove this sort of thing by default, but some small presses and indie authors often have pauses, so Trim … [Read more...] about Google Audiobooks introduces Trim Silences
Google Reopens their Play Books Publisher Program
The Google Publisher Program allowed independent authors and small presses to sell ebooks in the Google Play bookstore. When the program was active it become a cesspool of piracy. Fake authors would sell ebooks they never wrote and publishing companies would rename all of the main characters in Harry Potter or 50 Shades of Grey and would peddle them off as their own original … [Read more...] about Google Reopens their Play Books Publisher Program
These are the top Google Play Books and Audiobooks for March 2018
Every month Google hypes up the top five audiobooks and ebooks of the month. This gives us an indication on what people are buying on the platform. Google has a paltry 2% market share of the entire US ebook industry and around 4% of the international market. [BEST_SELLER_LISTING] … [Read more...] about These are the top Google Play Books and Audiobooks for March 2018