Google Expands their Market to include eBooks

=X= · 02-24-2011, 07:43 PM

Google's Market now has support for their eBooks. According to sources one can read the books via the web page and also send it to your Android phone, just like being able to send an app to your phone. Here is the link.

https://market.android.com/books/

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Dulin's Books · 02-25-2011, 12:35 AM

yeah the book comes as an app basically

wyndslash · 02-25-2011, 12:48 AM

/hates on geo restrictions

like the iBookstore, the google bookstores does nothing to me. NOTHING.

XD

goodereader · 02-25-2011, 03:53 AM

It only works for people in the USA, does not work in canada.

wyndslash · 02-25-2011, 03:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by goodereader

It only works for people in the USA, does not work in canada.

the good question is where ELSE does it work?

i hope google can do something about the restrictions D: or i dunno

*jumps over a cliff*

wannabee · 02-25-2011, 05:06 AM

Still unavailable in Australia.

=X= · 02-25-2011, 12:34 PM

Geo restrictions is bad. Publishers need to be more flexible.

The books are downloaded to your phone if you have Google's "Books" app installed. Also you can read the book using their web browser. This can be done on the PC or the web.

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=X= · 02-25-2011, 12:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dulin's Books

yeah the book comes as an app basically

No that is not the case, the books are downloaded to your device if you have the app installed and sync enabled.

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Dulin's Books · 02-25-2011, 12:51 PM

got it. thanks!

Dopedangel · 02-25-2011, 09:26 PM

If I remember correctly Android does not use IP to filter instead it uses carrier codes.
Before when I was unable to access some apps using market enabler to spoof an American carrier and get apps not available here. Maybe doing the same could be used for getting books.

goodereader · 02-26-2011, 12:26 AM

It only works in the usa, i heard it only works for 300,000 people or so, so says google. Its only on the web market and not the android version of the market. They might also be adding music and video, but the same lawyer that did the youtube purchase is the same lawyer trying to make the music thing go through. The Book thing is a pre-cursor to the ebook section baked in the google market for 3.0 honeycomb devices such as motorola xoom

kennyc · 02-26-2011, 06:28 AM

Just found out about this. Very cool. More competition, more incentive to move to ebooks, more reason for the evil book publishing triumvirate and Apple to bite me!

Looks like many reviews of the books as well --- from GoodReads.

kennyc · 02-26-2011, 06:35 AM

I've saw a TED talk by the author of this one:

https://market.android.com/details?i...ature=featured

edembowski · 02-26-2011, 09:15 AM

I've tried it, but they have problems. I just ordered Brad Sanderson's Mistborn and got Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny. With B&N, there is a phone number you can call to get things sorted out. With Google, we have to fill out a form and hope that someone gets back to you.

goodereader · 02-27-2011, 07:19 PM

edem that sucks! Yeah Google does not do the customer service thing at all. I remember when they tried to sell the Nexus One through their site. So many people had problems, the only way to get into contact with Google was to post on their forums and hope that someone would see your thread. Which is why like 5 months or oless after they sold it on their website they stopped. Google can provide good services, but when they sell products they just don't have the infrastructure to do proper customer service.

02-24-2011, 07:43 PM	#1
=X= Wizard Posts: 3,671 Karma: 12205348 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Galaxy S, Nook w/CM7	Google Expands their Market to include eBooks Google's Market now has support for their eBooks. According to sources one can read the books via the web page and also send it to your Android phone, just like being able to send an app to your phone. Here is the link. https://market.android.com/books/ =X=

02-26-2011, 06:28 AM	#12
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,872 Karma: 118716293 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Just found out about this. Very cool. More competition, more incentive to move to ebooks, more reason for the evil book publishing triumvirate and Apple to bite me! Looks like many reviews of the books as well --- from GoodReads. Last edited by kennyc; 02-26-2011 at 06:31 AM.

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02-25-2011, 12:35 AM	#2
Dulin's Books Wizard Posts: 2,806 Karma: 13500000 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Portland, OR Device: Boox PB360 etc etc etc	yeah the book comes as an app basically

02-25-2011, 12:48 AM	#3
wyndslash Wizard Posts: 2,951 Karma: 3000001 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3 wifi, Kindle Fire	/hates on geo restrictions like the iBookstore, the google bookstores does nothing to me. NOTHING. XD

02-25-2011, 03:53 AM	#4
goodereader Banned Posts: 39 Karma: 6106 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Vancouver BC Device: Many, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Pocketbook, Sony etc.	It only works for people in the USA, does not work in canada.

02-25-2011, 05:06 AM	#6
wannabee Media Bloke Posts: 2,381 Karma: 113956855 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: NSW - Australia Device: iOS	Still unavailable in Australia.

02-25-2011, 12:34 PM	#7
=X= Wizard Posts: 3,671 Karma: 12205348 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Galaxy S, Nook w/CM7	Geo restrictions is bad. Publishers need to be more flexible. The books are downloaded to your phone if you have Google's "Books" app installed. Also you can read the book using their web browser. This can be done on the PC or the web. =X= =X=

02-25-2011, 12:51 PM	#9
Dulin's Books Wizard Posts: 2,806 Karma: 13500000 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Portland, OR Device: Boox PB360 etc etc etc	got it. thanks!

02-25-2011, 09:26 PM	#10
Dopedangel Wizard Posts: 1,759 Karma: 30063305 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Singapore Device: Boyue	If I remember correctly Android does not use IP to filter instead it uses carrier codes. Before when I was unable to access some apps using market enabler to spoof an American carrier and get apps not available here. Maybe doing the same could be used for getting books.

02-26-2011, 12:26 AM	#11
goodereader Banned Posts: 39 Karma: 6106 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Vancouver BC Device: Many, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Pocketbook, Sony etc.	It only works in the usa, i heard it only works for 300,000 people or so, so says google. Its only on the web market and not the android version of the market. They might also be adding music and video, but the same lawyer that did the youtube purchase is the same lawyer trying to make the music thing go through. The Book thing is a pre-cursor to the ebook section baked in the google market for 3.0 honeycomb devices such as motorola xoom

02-26-2011, 06:35 AM	#13
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,872 Karma: 118716293 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	I've saw a TED talk by the author of this one: https://market.android.com/details?i...ature=featured

02-26-2011, 09:15 AM	#14
edembowski Zealot Posts: 138 Karma: 372 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: New York, NY Device: Sony PRS-600, Nook Color, iPad	I've tried it, but they have problems. I just ordered Brad Sanderson's Mistborn and got Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny. With B&N, there is a phone number you can call to get things sorted out. With Google, we have to fill out a form and hope that someone gets back to you.

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02-27-2011, 07:19 PM	#15
goodereader Banned Posts: 39 Karma: 6106 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Vancouver BC Device: Many, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Pocketbook, Sony etc.	edem that sucks! Yeah Google does not do the customer service thing at all. I remember when they tried to sell the Nexus One through their site. So many people had problems, the only way to get into contact with Google was to post on their forums and hope that someone would see your thread. Which is why like 5 months or oless after they sold it on their website they stopped. Google can provide good services, but when they sell products they just don't have the infrastructure to do proper customer service.