E-book platforms such as Google Play Books provide increased flexibility by enabling you to read professional development publications right on your iPhone. To read Google Books on your iPhone, you must have a Google account and download the Google Play Books app.
Unlike Apple’s own iBooks app and the online iBookstore, you cannot browse and select books directly from the Google Play Books app. Getting new Google books requires visiting the Google Play Books website.
Download Google Play Books App
- Create a Google account if you do not have one.
- Tap the “App Store” icon on your iPhone and enter “Google Play Books” into the search field if you do not have the Google Play Books app on your phone. Follow the prompts to download and install the app. Your iPhone must run iOS 4.0 or later.
- Launch Safari on your iPhone and navigate to the Google Play website. Enter your payment information and purchase the books you want to read, which automatically appear in your Google Play Books app on your iPhone.
Read Books Using Google Play Books App
- Launch Google Play Books and sign in using your Google account.
- Tap “My Books” to view your bookshelf. Tap the book you want to read. The book begins downloading and the cover remains dim until the download finishes. You can begin reading the book while the download is in progress. Your phone must be connected to the Internet for the duration of the download to avoid interruptions.
- Tap the “Table of Contents” icon and select the desired chapter.
- Tap the right side of the screen or drag from right to left to move to the next page. Tap the left side or drag from left to right to move to the previous page. Alternatively, drag the slider marker to flip to a different page.
- Tap the top right corner of a page you want to bookmark when reading Google books that support Flowing Text mode. A red bookmark appears.
- Slide down on the home screen of the app, tap the “Gear” icon and select “Sign Out” when finished reading. You must download your books again to the app the next time you sign in to your account.
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