Google Play discoverability hinges on descriptions, titles, and categories.
This is different from Amazon (limited to 3 categories) and Barnes & Noble Press (limited to 2 categories). Instead, you select as many BISAC or BIC categories for your ebook as you want, to increase the chances of discoverability.
Google reader books android#
You’ll need a Gmail account or a Google Account (but you can create one), and you’ll need an Android device to preview your books. A “set it and forget it” approach may not cut it. But some authors still feel stung.Įven now, there are some distributors who, for technical reasons, are unable to work with Google Play.ĭiscoverability on Google Play may require experimentation and successfully running promotions and changing metadata. Before 2020 it was difficult for authors to get on Google Play, and those who did get access found the process frustrating to navigate. Google Play underwhelmed authors years ago. You’ll have to experiment and learn what the algorithms like. I’ve heard people say that Google Play Books isn’t really a bookstore. You must make 20 percent of your book previewable. It might feel like it’s a waste of time and energy to try to chase this down and to have to learn a new platform, and it probably won’t be worth it to put all your “apples” in the Google Play Books basket. Google Play Books has only a 5 percent market share in the US. If you find categories that perfectly describe your book, you may have a chance to really stand out.Ĭons of publishing an ebook with Google Books It’s possible to stand out if you have some luck or some success in figuring out the algorithm. Publishing your book with Google Play automatically adds it to Google Books and the previewable part of an ebook is crawled by Google’s search engine. Google makes it easy and beneficial to run discount promotions and promo codes (more on that later).
Google reader books free#
Google Play Books has an affiliate program that pays authors a 7 percent commission on ebook and audiobook sales.Īuthors who have free series-starter lead magnets will be rewarded with increased visibility for their other books. Google Play Books pays authors high royalties (70 percent) on ebooks in most countries ( click here to learn more) and, unlike Amazon KDP, charges authors no delivery fees on books priced below $2.99 or above $9.99. Google Play Books readers are said to be willing to pay higher prices than Amazon readers. Outside of the US and UK, 7 out of 10 mobile phone users, some 3 million people, have Android devices.
You’ll reach Android users worldwide-including in South Africa, Europe, and India. ( see the list here.) And while Amazon may be the dominant player in the US and UK, it is far from that in other countries. As I’m writing this, Amazon only operates in 13 countries worldwide.
Google reader books how to#
My hope is this will help indie ebook authors and others interested in Google Play Books wondering “is Google Play worth it?” and that it will help people weigh how to publish and sell books on Google Play-whether directly or through, say, PublishDrive or BookBaby, for example.Ī note: I use “aggregator” and “distributor” interchangeably to refer to a company that is the author’s intermediary by making an ebook available for download from an online retailer on behalf of the author, in exchange for a cut of the author’s sales or a monthly fee. self-publishing that same ebook using an aggregator or distributor that will then “push” the ebook to, or list it on, Google Play Books for you. In this post we look at the pros and cons of Google Play Books and the pros and cons of self-publishing an ebook on Google Play Books directly vs. ( Here’s a direct link to Google Play Books for Authors.) What this post is about and who it’s for On “going wide,” there’s a great book, Wide for the Win that I highly recommend.
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