How to upload books to Google Play Books and then read them from any device
The application of Google Play Books, available both on the operating system Android as in the operating system iOS, allows you to read e-books from mobile devices (both smartphones and tablets). So far we probably won't reveal anything new, but what is interesting is that this application incorporates an option that allows us to upload books to the Google Play Books platform itselfThis function is very useful for accessing our books from any mobile device without having to store the document in the terminal's memory.
In this tutorial we are going to take a deeper look at this interesting option. If we follow the steps indicated below, we can have our favorite books available from any device where we have the Google Play Books application installed Even if we use - for example- a mobile with the operating system Android to upload the books to the application, then we can read these same books from another mobile with the operating system iOS without any complications.
How to upload books to Google Play Books and then read them from any device
- Once we have downloaded and installed the application of Google Play Books (available free of charge for both Android under this link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?hl=es&id=com.google.android.apps. books as for iOS under this link: https://itunes.apple.com/ es/app/google-play-books/id400989007?mt=8), we must go to this link having started the session in our Gmail account : https://play.google.com/store/books?hl=en .
- As we can see, we are in the web version of this book application. If we look at the left side of the page, we will see that a small menu appears. We must click on the option «My books«.
- Next, several additional options should appear in the same section of the side menu. Now we must click on the option «Uploaded books«.
- By clicking on the previous option we will be accessing our section of books uploaded to the application. In the event that we do not have any books uploaded yet, we must click on the button “Upload files” that appears on the page we are viewing.
- We select the books we want to upload (in format EPUB or PDF ) and proceed to load it.
- If everything has gone correctly, our books will already be stored in the cloud. We only have to go to the Google Play Books application from our mobile or tablet, and once we have opened the application, we must enter the "" section My books»that will appear on the left side of the screen.
One of the advantages that this application offers us when uploading our books is the complete synchronization between all the devices we use to access them.That is, if we leave a book on page 25 from our mobile with Android, when we resume reading from our iPadwe will have the book open on that same page.