The appearance of the ebook has turned the book industry upside down. You can now download any book (free or paid) directly from your Android smartphone using the Google Play Books online service. You do not know how ? We explain everything in this tutorial..
The reasons for the success of ebooks
Selling digital books has never been better in France. These good results are explained above all by the growing interest of consumers for technological products and in particular for reading devices.
In fact, more than one in two French people has a smartphone and almost two thirds of those under 25 use several devices to surf the Internet (computer, tablet or mobile). Another essential factor: the majority of platforms (Google Play Books, Amazon but also Apple) have signed several agreements with major publishers and today offer a very large catalog capable of meeting all tastes. In addition, most of the great classics are available for free download..
Do a book search
Several applications offer downloading ebooks. This is the case, for example, of Amazon Kindle. The latter also offers a large number of free digital books. Do not hesitate to take a look.
Google also has its own ebook download service called Play Books. The catalog includes several million books of all kinds, including textbooks. The application is installed by default on most phones..
- On the home page of your Android device click on the button at the bottom center of the screen containing 6 gray dots
- In the new window you will find all the applications installed on your mobile
- Select from the Play Books list
- Then click on the magnifying glass icon
- And type in the title or author of the book you are looking for
- The application will automatically redirect you to the book section of the Play Store and display the results of your request.
- Click on the button to the right of the title of the book you are interested in, then on free extract in order to consult an extract from a chapter without paying a single penny
Download a free eBook
By using Play Books on your smartphone you will also be able to access millions of free books such as the great classics of French literature or cookbooks, novels with rose water etc ... You will find on this page the classification of The most popular free ebooks on the Play Store.
Important detail, to download free books you must first enter your bank details (credit card number, expiration date) in the payment section of the Play Store.
Buy a book
Mentalities are gradually changing and more and more Android smartphone users are buying ebooks. As you will see, the operation is particularly simple.
- Open the Play Store app
- Click on the menu button and then select the Books category
- Do a search or choose among the recommendations the book that interests you
- Click on the title of the book to open its description sheet
- Then press the Buy button and validate the terms of use
- Enter the Google password to finalize your purchase
- Then launch the Play Books app
- Click on the Read button at the top of the window, then select my library to find the book you just bought
Then simply slide your finger across the screen to scroll through the pages of the book. By clicking on the Menu button, you will access various options to customize the reader. You can for example enlarge the text, change the layout, change the background color, place a bookmark, search the book and even add notes. 