r/GooglePlayBooks

I noticed recently that the Google Play Store lists GPB as having over 1 billion downloads. I would assume that number comes from it coming pre installed on a majority of Android phones, tablets etc (maybe Chromebooks)?

It made me wonder how many people actually use it regularly. The only proxy for this I can think of if Google doesn't release stats is the number of reviews of books.

I had a look at the main chart on my front page and the largest number of reviews I can find for a single book is 12. I also looked for for Project Hail Mary, a popular book with a movie out currently and that has only 1000 reviews.

Does anyone have any other ideas on how to understand GPB actual user base?

Thanks :)

Hi all

I have this really strange issue on the GPB app on my Samsung Tab A11 but not on my phone or on desktop. The covers are blank in 'Your Books' and 'Shelves' but not on 'Home'.

Is anyone else experiencing this issue and what devices are you experiencing it on? I'm trying to understand if this is a widespread issue or just I am lucky :)

And no unfortunately changing the layout, clearing the cache, reinstalling the app etc doesn't work :(

Thanks

Hello, I'm very happy with the playbook app and its ability to synch accross devices. But on my iphone and iPad the text appears in two columns when in landscape mode which is not ideal. I've tried changing font, font size and line spacing but to no avail. Any help would be much apreciated (iphone 14, latest ios and app version)