Application Description

Dive into the world of literature with Google Play Books, your all-in-one destination for ebooks, audiobooks, comics, and manga. Whether you're on the go or relaxing at home, this app brings your favorite stories to life, wherever you are.

Explore a vast selection of millions of bestsellers, including ebooks, comics, manga, textbooks, and audiobooks. With Google Play Books, you can download your chosen reads to enjoy anytime, anywhere. Once you've finished a book, personalized recommendations help you discover your next great read. Purchase your books as you go, without any subscription required.

Choose from Millions of Popular Titles

• Buy ebooks and audiobooks as you go - no subscription required.
• Preview samples before making a purchase.
• Enjoy extra discounts on select bundles.
• Stay updated with emails or notifications about new releases from your favorite authors and when your wishlisted books go on sale.
• Earn Google Play Points with every purchase, which you can later exchange for Google Play credit.
• Get notifications or emails for price drops on your samples and new releases from your favorite authors and series.
• Discover new releases, best sellers, and personalized recommendations across a wide range of genres including romance, science fiction, mystery & thrillers, self-help, religion, nonfiction, and more.

Best in Class Reading and Listening Experience

• Enjoy seamless reading or listening on Android, iOS, or your web browser, even when offline.
• Pick up where you left off across any device.
• Customize your reading experience by adjusting text size, font type, margins, text alignment, brightness, and background colors.
• Track your reading progress, seeing what percentage you’ve completed and how many pages remain.
• Organize your library into shelves using the new shelves tab, curating by theme or genre, and view them across Android, iOS, and the web.
• Save books to your SD card to ensure you never run out of space.
• Use reading tools in children's books for kid-friendly word definitions, to listen to specific words, or hear the entire book read aloud.
• Enhance your comic reading with Bubble Zoom for easier viewing on mobile devices. Simply tap the page and watch your favorite comic or manga come to life.
• Take notes that sync with Google Drive and share them with a group for easy collaboration.
• Look up definitions, get translations, save highlights, and bookmark your favorite pages while reading.
• Turn on Night Light for automatic adjustment of background color and brightness, or set the app to use the OS brightness.

What's New in the Latest Version 2024.10.4.0 (240976)

Last updated on Oct 14, 2024

Arriving in 2023.6.12:

• Reading practice feature now available in select books in Tools for beginning readers. The microphone needs to be turned on to hear you, yet won’t keep anything you say.

Recently added:

• Multiple library improvements, including multiselect, improved filtering, an unshelved shelf, and an alphabetical index to jump to a specific title or author.
• Navigation improvements to reach series pages.
• The wishlist tab.

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