Google Play Books has been updated for Android and iOS offering a much more complete service and in accordance with the policy of bringing user content to the cloud that the company now powers. In the same way that Play Music took the step that allowed us to upload our personal music to the cloud and then be able to access it by streaming, now our e-books in PDF or ePub format they may upload to the cloud and they will be available from our tablet, mobile device or PC or Mac browser without having to be stored in memory.
Yesterday they showed up many news in Google I / O in company services, but not in this update. Perhaps that is why it has not attracted much attention but it really has a strong weight in the sale of digital content, with the section on books being a very important point. One of Mountain View's rivals in terms of content sales is undoubtedly Amazon, but also iBooks. In this sense, it surpasses both services that, although they have functions related to the cloud, do not allow this flexibility of being able to bring files from wherever we please. Being present in iOS, it is in options to compete from within. In the case of the Kindle Fire, we do not have this option and it directly attacks the Seattle tablet.
In total we can upload up to 1.000 different files in epub or PDF format. We will find these
This idea has already been started by Barnes & Noble with its Nook and its my files section. And there are thousands of places to buy books and it is also likely that we have an e-reader that does not have to be from Amazon or a library that is not in the exclusive, and annoying, mobi format.
The only restriction is the not being able to upload books without DRM, that is, without those data that ensure copyright management. This means that we can only upload purchased or released books. Those that we have achieved in unlawful ways will cause problems.
In the cloud it is also will save progress, annotations and bookmarks that we do in each book and a sync between devices for higher comfort. This is something that we also find in its competitors.
The reader's design has moved towards the new aesthetics of the company's services. Your text settings are good and sufficient.
Source: Play books