James Crawford, Director of Engineering for Google Play, stood in for Tom Turvey to unveil some new features of the new platform, especially focusing on the book offerings and capabilities. He began his presentation with some interesting statistics on digital use. To date, one in four US households has a tablet and the majority of digital content purchases are made on a … [Read more...] about Google Play and Chrome Unveil New Features at BEA
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Google Play eBooks Now Available in Italy
Google Play eBooks has opened their second European bookstore today in Italy. Google has ironed out agreements with a number of Italian publishers to get a fair number of localized books available with the launch. All of the books will be available on the Google Play platform and you can download the official Google Play Books App that is optimized towards an Italian … [Read more...] about Google Play eBooks Now Available in Italy
Google Play of the Day eBook Sample Bug Irks Many Readers
Google recently unveiled their revamped marketplace ecosystem called "Play." Basically, it took all of their independent services like Google Music and Google Books and integrated them into the existing Android Market. Since last week, Google started to offer "Plays of the Day," which includes discounted music and books. If you take advantage of the deal on eBooks and want to … [Read more...] about Google Play of the Day eBook Sample Bug Irks Many Readers
Google to Add Audiobooks to Google Play
Google may soon be adding audiobooks to its Play Marketplace in the very near future. A new section was discovered in the eBooks selection of the market that links to a non-existent audiobook page. Google Play was launched a few days ago, and many different services have been amalgamated under one singular banner. The main feature, other than the name change, was the … [Read more...] about Google to Add Audiobooks to Google Play
Amazon and Google Play Engaged in a Price War over eBooks
A few days ago, Google revamped their Android Market to what's now known as Google Play. This new online destination has amalgamated standalone services like Google Books and integrated it into Google Play. Since then, they have been giving away .25 daily deals on Apps, Movies, and Books. Amazon is with little to no fanfare) matching all of Google's deals on its own online … [Read more...] about Amazon and Google Play Engaged in a Price War over eBooks
Google eBooks has been Integrated Into Google Play
Google today has overhauled their Google Android Market and metamorphosed all of its content into Google Play. The move was to make its apps, games, videos and books all fly under one singular flagship banner. Google eBooks now redirects all users to Google Play and the company says it does not change the experience, or does it? Google Play was developed mainly because … [Read more...] about Google eBooks has been Integrated Into Google Play