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Google Play Books

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Discover a vast library of books to search, preview, and buy, read free public domain books, sync page positions, and back up purchases online for a seamless reading experience across multiple devices.

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License model

  • FreemiumProprietary

Application types

Country of Origin

  • US flagUnited States

Platforms

  • Online
  • Android
  • iPhone
  • Chrome OS
  • Android Tablet
  • iPad
  • Android Auto
2.7 / 5 Avg rating (3)
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3comments
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  1.  Built-in Dictionary
  2.  Catalog
  3.  Book search
  4.  Built-in translation
  5.  File Search

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Google Play Books information

  • Developed by

    US flagGoogle
  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Freemium product.
  • Pricing

    One time purchase (perpetual license) that costs $0 + free version with limited functionality.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 2.7
  • Alternatives

    63 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English
    • Afrikaans
    • Arabic
    • Bulgarian
    • Catalan; Valencian
    • Croatian
    • Czech
    • Danish
    • Dutch
    • Estonian
    • Finnish
    • French
    • German
    • Greek
    • Hebrew
    • Hindi
    • Hungarian
    • Indonesian
    • Italian
    • Japanese
    • Korean
    • Latvian
    • Lithuanian
    • Malay
    • Norwegian Bokmål
    • Polish
    • Portuguese
    • Romanian
    • Russian
    • Serbian
    • Chinese
    • Slovak
    • Slovene
    • Spanish
    • Swedish
    • Thai
    • Turkish
    • Ukrainian
    • Vietnamese

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Our users have written 3 comments and reviews about Google Play Books, and it has gotten 151 likes

Google Play Books was added to AlternativeTo by OmgItsTheSmartGuy on Sep 26, 2010 and this page was last updated Apr 3, 2025. Google Play Books is sometimes referred to as Google Books.

Comments and Reviews

   
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Top Positive Comment
Nico Parker
Apr 4, 2019
0

It's a great place to find all kinds of ebooks.

Top Negative Comment
Sorin Sbarnea
Aug 4, 2023
0

It has no ability to share your books or even to make the list of books you have visible to others.

vinaykumardoddamani
May 27, 2017
0

It can translate old books written in French, Latin or other languages from the integration with Google translate app ( for offline use).

What is Google Play Books?

Google Play Books lets you search, preview, and buy millions of books using Google Book Search. Books in the public domain and certain copyrighted books can be read and downloaded in their entirety for free. You can buy ebooks for reading on your computer, Apple device, Android device, Nook, or Sony eReader in the Google ebookstore. All purchased eBooks are backed up online, and your page positions are automatically synced between devices.

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