Of course, many indie authors found workarounds to avoid any such discount. This move would trigger price-matching from Amazon (and other retailers), often without the author realizing it in the first place. More than that, the lucky authors who did manage to get into the store would often see their titles get automatically discounted by Google Play, without prior warning. Up until early 2020, you couldn’t actually get your books into the Google Play Books store without first going through an “approval period” and (sometimes) a waiting list. That said, Google Play wasn’t always a great place for indie authors.
Google Play is the place to download or purchase apps, games, music, movies, and, well, books to use on your Android devices.Īnd that’s exactly why Google Play Books is such an important place for any author to be nowadays: it allows you to easily reach those billions of people in the world who own Android devices. If you’re one of the 2.5 billion people who own an Android device, you’ll know what we’re talking about. A lesser-known part of Google is its very own online bookstore - Google Play Books - which is integrated within the broader Google Play store. Google is the world’s leading search engine, as you probably already know.
