Section 6: Web and Social Networking

Books

Use the Books app to read eBooks from the web-based Google Books service. Google eBooks is a new way to discover, buy, and enjoy your favorite books online and offline.

You can read books online or mark them for availability offline, so you can read them when you have no Internet connection (such as on an airplane). You can also use Books as your starting point for browsing or searching for books on line.

1.From a Home screen, touch Apps Books. The Google Books main screen displays.

2.To add more books to your library, touch Shop in the Application bar.

A pop-up displays the Android Market Terms of Service and the Google Books Terms of Service. Read each document and touch Accept.

Browse the selection of Google eBooks, which are arranged in categories like Trending, Top Rated, Best Selling, and many more.

3.To find a book by title or author name, touch Search

on the Books main screen or touch Shop Search.

4.Touch Menu for these options:

Make available offline: Mark books to make them available offline.

Touch below a book cover to mark it with a pin and then touch Done. Just reverse this process to remove books from your device.

Accounts: Set the account to use.

Refresh: If a book in your library does not appear on your device, use this option to update the display.

Help: Displays various Book help information. Touch Help Center to get additional Google Book information.

5.Touch the cover of a book to start reading.

Once the book displays, sweep across the screen to turn

the page or touch for a table of contents. Touch to set Show, Brightness, Text settings, and Line height.

Touch Menu for these additional options:

About the book: Displays the Market description of the book.

Available offline: Touch the check box to make the book available offline.

Share: Share the book by using Bluetooth, Email, or Gmail.

6.To contact customer support, report an issue, and display more Google eBooks information, from a Home screen,

touch Apps Books Menu Help.

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