A Comprehensive Guide: Access and Enjoy Google Play Store Ebooks on Windows/Mac
A Comprehensive Guide: Access and Enjoy Google Play Store Ebooks on Windows/Mac
How to Read Google Play Books on PC
Posted by Ada Wang on 6/20/2019 2:14:14 PM.
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Maybe you haven’t got an E-ink Reader now. Or you just like to read and enjoy your Google books on your computer because of the big screen or other reasons. Then it’s good for you to know some ways to read Google Play books on PC. Next I will tell you how to do it.
If you are interested in reading Google books on Mac, please read How to Read Google Books on Mac .
1. Read Google Play Books on PC in Browser
Google doesn’t offer the reader app for PC like Kindle for PC, Nook for PC etc. And we can’t download the Google books directly to our computer to read. We have to read those books in the browser. In other words, read Google Play books online. We can read books on Google Play using our computer by visiting the site play.Google.com/books .
After you go into the site above, click on the “Shop” icon and then look for a book you like to read. If it’s charged, of course you should buy it first. If it’s a free book, you can read it in the browser immediately. Click the arrows on the bottom right corner of your browser window to turn pages or use the page slider at the bottom of your window.
You can choose many books you like, and they will be listed in the “My Library” column. Later when you want to read the books, just go into the site and click on the book’s cover to open it. You can also upload other EPUB books on your computer to it and read. Uploading is simple. Just head over to your personal collection inside Play Books and click “Uploads” icon in the top right sidebar. A window will pop up prompting you to select or drag the eBooks you’re interested in. Then they will be displayed in the library, together with your purchased books.
Take advantage of PREMIUM features.2. Read Google Play Books on PC with eReader Apps
Situation 1: Read with Adobe Digital Editions
1Purchase and download Google Play books to computer.
Purchase the book you want, then go to the book information page and choose “How To Read“.
Simple and intuitive video editingThen scroll the page to the bottom of it. There are two options for you: DOWNLOAD EPUB or DOWNLOAD PDF. You can choose the format you like. Either is ok.
After the download finishes, you will get an .acsm file. It can’t be read directly because the acsm file is not a true book, and you have to download the real book with Adobe Digital Editions. Please follow my steps.
2Download and install Adobe Digital Editions. And authorize your computer with an Adobe ID.
If you aren’t prompted to authorize ADE the first time you open it, you can go to_”Help–>Authorize Computer”_ to start the process manually.
Then it will pop up a window. If you have an Adobe ID, enter it along with your password. If you do not have an Adobe ID, click “Create an Adobe ID” to make one. Once you’re done, return to the “Computer Authorization” dialog box and enter your Adobe ID and password. Click “Authorize”, your computer is now authorized with your Adobe ID.
Why I’m unable to authorize Adobe ID with my google vendor id?
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3Open acsm in Adobe Digital Editions.
Find your acsm file, double click on it and then ADE will download the book automatically. Here I click on one acsm file. Then this window pops up, and this means ADE is downloading the true book. The downloaded books are in EPUB or PDF format. After downloading the books, you can open and read them in Adobe Digital Editions on your computer.
Situation 2: Read with Any Other eReader Apps You Like
There are many other eReader apps that can offer us better reading experience, you may not like Adobe Digital Editions when comparing it with others. If you don’t like to read books in ADE much, you can consider reading the books you just download with other freewares you like. But you need to remove DRM from these books first. With the DRM restriction, you can only read the Google books you purchase in ADE. After removing Google Play books DRM, you can also transfer your Google books to your another computer to read without doing anything else. (Of course then you can transfer them to the tablets or E-ink readers that support EPUB or PDF format accordingly to read freely.) Also you can share your good books with your families and friends as the books are locked by DRM anymore.
1GetAll DRM Removal Tool and remove books’ DRM.
Download the tool for free:
Windows Version Download Mac Version Download
Download and install it on your computer. Run this program, it will load your Google Play books to the book list of the program. Just drag and drop the books from the right to the left. During this very short process, the book’s DRM will be removed. (This is the most convenient way to remove Google Play books DRM without doing anything else.)
Then the decrypted books will be listed in the left part. You can right-click on your book and choose “Explore output folder” to see where your decrypted books are saved.
2Read these Google Play books on PC with any other software you like.
Now you get the DRM-free Google Play books, you can read them with any other reading software you like. Such as Calibre, Sumatra PDF, FB Reader etc. They also offer us good reading experience. You can choose one you like. Personally I like the feeling of reading with Sumatra PDF this software (Hope this name does not mislead you, as it supports many eBook formats not only PDF). You can have a brief look at the picture below.
Tip One: As you get DRM-free EPUB or PDF books now, you can transfer and read them on other portable devices, too.
Tip Two: If you want to make the full use of Google Play books, you should never missGoogle Play 101: Up to 16 Golden Tips and Tricks You Must Know .
Download DRM Removal for free:
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Ada Wang works for Epubor and writes articles for a collection of blogs such as ebookconverter.blogspot.com.
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5 Comments
Ernest Mae
Re:Read Google Play Books on PC
10/16/2016 11:57:51
Ebooks de google en pc
Dagney
Re:Read Google Play Books on PC
01/30/2019 22:15:52
There is no Book information page when you purchase a book.
jocelyne guinyard
Re:Read Google Play Books on PC
09/7/2019 03:53:03
i love your books
Nancy
Re:Read Google Play Books on PC
01/20/2020 05:02:22
Hi. Thanks for the guide. It took me awhile to figure things out but I tried downloading a free ebook then followed your guide and now I could read an ebook from my computer without squinting my eyes! Game changer! Thanks again!
Rich Marovich
Re:Read Google Play Books on PC
07/6/2022 02:43:25
Absurdly difficult to download, save and read a book on Windows 10.
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- Title: A Comprehensive Guide: Access and Enjoy Google Play Store Ebooks on Windows/Mac
- Author: Nova
- Created at : 2024-08-20 17:09:33
- Updated at : 2024-08-21 17:09:33
- Link: https://blog-min.techidaily.com/a-comprehensive-guide-access-and-enjoy-google-play-store-ebooks-on-windowsmac/
- License: This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.