MobileRead Forums
Register Guidelines E-Books Today's Posts Search

Go Back   MobileRead Forums > E-Book Readers > Android Devices
Reload this Page Why is Android's Play Books not opening ebook?

Notices

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 09-28-2014, 02:01 PM   #1
Arkadian
Connoisseur
Arkadian began at the beginning.
 
Posts: 96
Karma: 10
Join Date: Mar 2014
Device: none
Why is Android's Play Books not opening ebook?
Hi there,

I think this is an issue with Google Play Books...

- Say I have received a link to an ebook which I just purchased.
- I download it on my phone and it appears in "Download"
- I click on it and tell my phone, when prompted, to open it on "Play Books", but nothing happens

Then that I email to myself that very same file I have in "Download"
- I click on the attachment to the email and
- It opens fine.

Is there some strange setting I should be aware of within Play Books or is it simply that there is some bug somewhere?
The ebook must be OK because from the email it opens fine.

Thanks for the advice.
Arkadian is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-28-2014, 02:32 PM   #2
Nate the great
Sir Penguin of Edinburgh
Nate the great ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Nate the great ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Nate the great ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Nate the great ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Nate the great ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Nate the great ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Nate the great ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Nate the great ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Nate the great ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Nate the great ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Nate the great ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Nate the great's Avatar
 
Posts: 12,375
Karma: 23555235
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: DC Metro area
Device: Shake a stick plus 1
Google Play Books requires that you first upload an ebook to their servers before you download and read it.

That may have caused the delay you experienced.
Nate the great is offline   Reply With Quote
Advert
Old 09-28-2014, 02:56 PM   #3
Arkadian
Connoisseur
Arkadian began at the beginning.
 
Posts: 96
Karma: 10
Join Date: Mar 2014
Device: none
NTG, thanks for that.

However I don't understand... The book is in "Download", so it is in my phone. I click on it and the phone asks me whether I want to use Play Books. I say yes and you are saying that that wouldn't work?
What should I do instead?

Also, what is the difference between clicking on something in "Download" and opening an email attachment?

I have been perusing their documentation, but found nothing on the subject.
Last edited by Arkadian; 09-28-2014 at 02:58 PM.
Arkadian is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-28-2014, 07:34 PM   #4
Nate the great
Sir Penguin of Edinburgh
Nate the great ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Nate the great ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Nate the great ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Nate the great ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Nate the great ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Nate the great ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Nate the great ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Nate the great ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Nate the great ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Nate the great ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Nate the great ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Nate the great's Avatar
 
Posts: 12,375
Karma: 23555235
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: DC Metro area
Device: Shake a stick plus 1
Quote:
Originally Posted by Arkadian View Post
NTG, thanks for that.

However I don't understand... The book is in "Download", so it is in my phone. I click on it and the phone asks me whether I want to use Play Books. I say yes and you are saying that that wouldn't work?
What should I do instead?

Also, what is the difference between clicking on something in "Download" and opening an email attachment?

I have been perusing their documentation, but found nothing on the subject.
The ebook may have been sitting on your phone but you can't actually open it in GPB without first uploading the ebook to Google's servers. That is just how they do things.

To the best of mt knowledge, Google Play Books does not use Epub in its apps. It uses a different unknown file format:
http://the-digital-reader.com/2014/0...possibilities/

As for why it worked as an email attachment, I don't know.
Nate the great is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-29-2014, 03:26 AM   #5
Arkadian
Connoisseur
Arkadian began at the beginning.
 
Posts: 96
Karma: 10
Join Date: Mar 2014
Device: none
Hi there,

but how do I go about loading it onto their server except by clicking on it?
Arkadian is offline   Reply With Quote
Advert
Old 09-29-2014, 04:30 PM   #6
Purple Lady
Grand Sorcerer
Purple Lady ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Purple Lady ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Purple Lady ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Purple Lady ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Purple Lady ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Purple Lady ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Purple Lady ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Purple Lady ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Purple Lady ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Purple Lady ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Purple Lady ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Purple Lady's Avatar
 
Posts: 5,698
Karma: 16542228
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Pennsylvania
Device: Huawei MediaPad M5, LG V30, Boyue T80S, Nexus 7 LTE, K3 3G, Fire HD8
Quote:
Originally Posted by Arkadian View Post
Hi there,

but how do I go about loading it onto their server except by clicking on it?
If you use a file manager like ES File Explorer one of the choices should be 'upload to Play books'
Purple Lady is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-29-2014, 04:45 PM   #7
Arkadian
Connoisseur
Arkadian began at the beginning.
 
Posts: 96
Karma: 10
Join Date: Mar 2014
Device: none
Well... what do you know... if I go under Files/downloads and then click on my file, it uploads. If I do the same from "downloads" or if this is the first time I download the file from a link, nothing happens. Methinks either there is something wrong with my phone (but it is odd that I am not the only one experiencing this issue) or there is something amiss with the shortcut.

Thanks PL
Arkadian is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Android Google Play Books As Primary Device conan50 Android Devices 3 08-22-2014 09:01 PM
dc:language causing issues opening certain ePUBS on android mightymouse2045 Calibre 7 11-21-2013 06:14 AM
AZW3>EPUB conversions have tiny text on Google Play Books [Android] taosaur Calibre 4 10-30-2013 02:14 AM
Flash is back in android play store din155 Android Devices 7 09-05-2012 06:28 PM
How can I tell whether an ebook at Google Play Books has DRM? amoroso General Discussions 1 06-29-2012 11:47 PM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 04:25 AM.

Contact Us - FAQ - Guidelines - Privacy - Top

MobileRead.com is a privately owned, operated and funded community.