Reviews for Google Play Books & Audiobooks

I love the app because it has books that were takin down on Kindle, but the only problem I have is that I would seriously like if there was continuous scrolling instead of flipping pages and the words are too small to read (yes I fixed my settings for the font, etc.), if i want to flip pages I'd rather just read the actual physical version of the same book, not digital page turning 😂 I'll give 5⭐️ when there's continuous scrolling and more settings for reading. ♡

After the recent update, the option to permanently delete uploaded epub files is gone. To delete an uploaded book, I need to go to the website using a browser and from there I can delete the book. This is such a basic option to have, and it was working perfectly fine, but now I have to deal with this whole inconvenience. Also books that are 'hidden' can nowhere be found. There's supposed to be a 'hidden' shelf, but there's nothing even on a browser. Such a mess!!

It works well enough, my issue is with how annotations are handled, its difficult to reread my past annotations, as everything that doesn't fit on the first line is just cut off unless I go to edit it. Then it displays properly in the field. I also wanted to go back to the pages when reviewing my previous annotations but it feels like it just picks a page somewhere around where the annotation is rather than taking me straight to it.

Is there a way to stop the app from automatically downloading a purchased book? I like to go through the free books and grab ones that look good, but I'm not necessarily ready to read all of them the minute I "buy" them. It is blowing up my phone and taking up so much storage. I know how to remove a downloaded book in the app, but you can only do one at a time and it takes forever. Would rather just have them waiting in the cloud for whenever I am ready. Other than that, it's a great app.

Originally 5 stars for the free read along. But you can not set a timer, so sometimes I will fall asleep and wake up to the book finished. This app also has a hard time catching up to the read along. Sometimes, the book will say I am on page 40, but the read aloud is reading page 120..it doesn't always synch. (This could also be my older phone. I still love this app, though, and I have found myself using this over my kindle more and more

Very pleased. The only things I would like added are a way to sync my library with my pc. So far after many tries, no luck. Also i have not found a way to adjust the reading light level. Tried to do on my Android setting also but the two don't seem to sync, though that could be my ignorance on how to do... Otherwise I love being able to read a book wherever I happen to be and not have to carry heavy books everywhere as in the past( tho' I still love curling up with an actual books at home).

I like most google apps, and when I found out there was a books one I was thrilled. I have a ton of ebooks that I like to read and I assumed this would be a great app to store and read when I want. I was wrong. You cant sort uploaded ebooks at all. You cant add them as a series for easy binge reading, you cant make any "shelves" to sort them into groups, even though there is a shelves page that is pretty much a waste. All your books show in one long list in the library, and some of the names get messed up in the upload due to metadata, but you cant rename them to try and oranize them that way either. Im shocked by the terrible user experience of this application.

They would not cover the cost of my book (purchased and owned for 2 years) when the Book ID suddenly changed and I was expected to buy it again. They would only refund the amount that I paid years ago back when it was $4 and now is $10+ dollars. I've been using Play Books since 2015 and now no longer use it due to their unwillingness to cover the cost of my favorite book. It was not even my fault that the Book ID changed but I was expected to repurchase for more $. Absolutely ridiculous.

I have enjoyed using Google Books since the beginning, the only issue I have is when using read aloud, the page in the viewer doesn't always (or most often) stay synced with what is being read. Then if you stop, it returns to the page in the viewer, not where it stopped reading. Please fix... I do want to compliment the speech team, the synthesized voice is very good. It only stumbles on words with 2 pronunciations, like "live" or "minute".

I love this app...... almost to the point of saying it's better than Amazon but I will continue to use both as all authors don't partner with both. My only complaint is where the app recommends "E Books for you" I keep marking some as not interested, the book returns to the "E Books for you" recommendation section. Why? I've already noted I am not interested in that book for whatever reason.