Unfortunately, with all this going for it, Google Play Books appears to be a real flop when it comes to ebook sales, as is its older cousin, Google Books. I have no idea why this is, but in my experience, Google Play and Google Books simply do not deliver enough ebook or book sales. If this is a new book, click the Ready to publish button in the upper right corner. Select Publish to Google Play and Google Books. (For some books, the button may have a different label, such as Enable for Google Books or Activate and enable for Google Play. Publishing Your Own Electronic Book (Ebook). Formats for ebooks, such as those you get if you publish through third party. Engine Ranking on Google. Publish Your Own Ebooks. Publishers show a range of publishing practices with the e-books. How to publish your book for the Kindle. On top of this, the are absolutely hopeless, unfriendly and cumbersome. So is Google Play Books worth all the bother? Oddly enough, yes it is. You will need to invest a few frustrating hours to get your ebooks published, but once done, there is one huge benefit of publishing on Google Play Books Once your ebooks are available, Google Search indexes your books and your author name more prominently and often. Not only your book listings on Google Play Books either, as since I published on Google Play Books, my search results have expanded to include my YouTube book trailers that I had forgotten all about, my Goodreads book listings as well as a number of book retailers I had never heard of or realised carried my books. Okay, very few direct ebook sales, but Google Search indexing is extremely valuable in helping boost your author brand and book sales on other retailers. While many self-published authors work hard every day trying to improve the SEO on their blogs and websites in an effort to improve search results on Google, perhaps this is an easier way to achieve the same aim. As a footnote to this, another simple means of improving Google indexing and search results for your author name is to share every blog post you write onto Google+. By doing so, Google adds your profile image and name to your indexed page on Google Search, as you can see from one example of my own Google listings below. If you are only interested in direct e-book sales thenAmazon KDP, Smashwords and Draft2Digital are the natural choices, but for a little time invested, improving your Google indexing can only help potential readers and book buyers find you and your books on the major retail sites such as Apple, Kindle, Barnes and Noble and Kobo and help you sell more e-books. Some features described on this page may not be available, as selling books on Google Play is limited to. How it works for publishers and authors You provide the book files Join the Google Books Partner Program in order to submit books. We accept files in either PDF or EPUB format. If you upload both formats, readers will have a choice between the original layout of the PDF file and the flexible reflowable text of the EPUB file. You specify the book settings Manage your books and sales settings in the. Specify the countries where you want to sell, choose whether to apply DRM, and provide list prices. Except in cases where Google is acting as your agent or where Google is required to sell at a price set by the publisher, Google has the discretion to set prices as it sees fit. However, we will share the revenue from any sales with you according to the list price that you provide. Google handles the hosting, sales, and distribution Your books are sold on, a digital content experience available internationally on a wide variety of platforms. A limited percentage of your books will also be available for preview on Google Books, much in the same way that readers in physical bookstores can browse through the pages before deciding to buy. You'll be able to download detailed preview and sales, and receive a majority of revenue from each sale. For more details on how to make a book available for sale on Google Play, see our. Benefits Google offers a tremendous base of users and an easy way to manage your content, and as we excel in search, we hope to help many people discover your books. Our philosophy of allowing users to read anywhere, anytime, also attracts many readers. And our international reach -- which we're aiming to expand as quickly as possible -- can potentially bring your books to the attention of people around the world. As Google does not ask for exclusive rights to sell digital editions of your books, you can sell through both on Google Play and through other retailers. There is no cost for selling books on Google Play. You'll receive the majority of the revenue from each sale, and your revenue share will always be based on the list price you provide. We also take the security of your content seriously.. How it works for buyers Readers can find your books by browsing the, or by following a link from the preview on. When they purchase your book, they can start reading right in their Web browser, or use the Google Play Books app to read on the go. Buyers can also transfer the book to. Learn more about.
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