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Play Books
Use the Play Books app to read eBooks from the
Internet-based Google Play™ Books service. Google
eBooksis a new way to discover, buy, and enjoy your
favoritebooks 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
➔
PlayBooks
.
The Google Play Books main screen displays.
Note:
You may be asked to create or sign on to your Google
account. For more information, refer to “Setting Up Your
Gmail Account” on page61.
2. To add more books to your library, touch
SHOP
in the
Application bar.
A pop-up displays a link to the Google Play Terms of
Service. Read the document and touch
Accept
.
Browse the selection of Google eBooks, which are
arranged in categories like Featured, Top Selling, Top
Rated, Top Free, and many more.
3. To find a book by title or author name, touch
Search
on the Play Books main screen or touch
SHOP
➔
Search
.
4. On the Play Books main screen, 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 . J ust reverse this process to remove books
from your device.
• View as list / View as carousel
: Set how you want to view
your books.