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Google brings over 400 Dark Horse Comics to the Play Store

By Cory Gunther
on 22 Mar, 2013

For all you comic book fans we have some excellent news from the folks at Google. It looks like they've just pushed a massive update to their offering, and now have well over 400 Dark Horse Comics in the Play Store. Google shared the news over on Google+ and mentioned the comics are available in every region Play Books are supported.

Google Play Books updated with over 90 bug fixes

By Cory Gunther
on 28 Feb, 2013

Today those folks from Google have issued a quick update to their increasingly popular Google Play Books application for Android. The update added a few new features, fixed a truckload of bugs it apparently had, and even added support for India to now enjoy a good read. Apparently Books had some issues, because Google promises to have fixed tons of them.

Google Play Books and Movies now available in Brazil

By Cory Gunther
on 6 Dec, 2012

Our good friends at Google have been hard at work bringing many of their music, books, and movies options to multiple parts of the world and today they've added one more. Overnight Google rolled out their Play Store Books and Movies to Brazil, and let everyone know with a quick post to Google+. Sadly Brazil is still waiting for Google Music, but this is the first step to bringing them more of Google's services.

Google Play Books now available for pre-order

By Cory Gunther
on 28 Nov, 2012

Starting today all you book lovers and reading fanatics have a few more options from the folks at Google and their Play Store. Today they announced that Google Books will now be available for pre-order. The "New and coming soon" section will now show upcoming books before they hit the store, and users anxious to virtually flip through those pages can pre-order and get it right on release day.

Google Play Books gets updated, now comes with Maps integration and more

By Craig Lloyd
on 25 Sep, 2012

Today, Google updated its ereading app, Google Play Books, with a handful of new big features. The app now comes with Google Maps integration, translation support, and some advanced annotation tools. If you've been thinking about giving Google's ereading app a try, there's no better time to do so than now.

Google Play Books now available in France

By Cory Gunther
on 18 Jul, 2012

Google's been hard at work getting their Play Store content to more and more locations around the world. While this isn't as easy as it sounds today they've announced one more to receive the gift of books. Google's Play Store (Android Market) Books are now available for those in France as they continue their rollout to European markets.

Google Play Books expands to Germany

By Cory Gunther
on 14 Jun, 2012

Google's Android Market, now known as the Play Store doesn't offer all of its services across the globe. While many have been waiting for movies and music in other parts of the world, we've had it stateside all along. Today however Google has just added Germany to their list and are now offering Google Books to the country. This is a small update, but one of many we've seen recently.

Google updates Gmail, Google Books, and Street View on Android

By Cory Gunther
on 4 Apr, 2012

Google just pushed out a trio of updates for Android today. Bringing new features and improvements to the wildly popular Gmail, Google Play Books (not sure how you "play" books), as well as added more feature to Street View for Google Maps. One major improvement is they've brought all the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich features in Gmail to Honeycomb tablets.

Google is still working on adding Google Play content for more countries

By Michael Crider
on 13 Mar, 2012

One of the more frustrating aspects of Android for non-US users is that a lot of the content on the Google Play Store (formerly the Android Market) isn't available in other countries. Certain apps and usually all of Google Music, Movies and Books aren't available in all territories. Users have been voicing their complaints at the Google Play Google+ page, and Google has responded. Essentially, they're trying as hard as they can, but the intricacies of international content licensing are not for the faint of heart.

Google Play will probably add audiobooks and periodicals, but not soon

By Michael Crider
on 8 Mar, 2012

More than a few have been somewhat confused by Google's Android and media rebranding efforts around the Google Play name. But it looks like it's here to stay, and if an Audiobooks portal spotted by Google Operating System is any indication, they're looking to expand. Of course audiobooks are a natural extension of both Google Book and Google Music (now Google Play Books and Google Play Music - see how that works?) but they may also be looking into magazines, catalogs, newspapers and other periodicals.