Google Books v.2.8.60

Choose from millions of titles on Google Books including new releases, New York Times best sellers, up-and-coming authors, and free books. Easily personalize your reading experience, pick up where you left off on your phone or tablet and get reading today!
Using the Google Books app on your compatible Android smartphone or tablet (running Android 2.1 and above), you can read your favorite books that you've purchased from the Google Books store.

Reading books
To open a book, simply tap on the cover
Turn pages by tapping the right side of the screen or swiping the screen in the direction you'd like to turn the page.
Tap the center of the screen to reveal a menu bar to see what page you're on or to skip to other places in a book.
Search and Menu: In the top right of the app, you'll see icons for searching for text in the book, along with a Menu button that leads to additional reading options.
Table of contents: Tap the menu button in the top-right corner, then select Contents to view a book's table of contents. Note: If you are reading a free sample, the chapters that are not available as part of the free sample are grayed out.

Book settings and features
Display options: Tap the menu button in the top-right corner when reading, then select Display options menu item.
You can change the font size, typeface, line height, and text alignment for the book you're reading. You can also change the brightness settings, or choose between day, night, and sepia themes. Some of these settings only apply when you are viewing the flowing text version of a book.
Back to library: Tap the Google Play Books icon in the top-left corner of your book to go back to your library.
In-book Search: Tap the magnifying glass icon in the top-right corner to search for a word or phrase in the book you're reading. This feature works only for books in flowing text. If you've made a book for offline reading, you'll be able to use in-book search even when offline.
About the book: Tapping "About the book" from the menu button in the top-right corner will display the Google Play Store page for the book, with its description, ratings, reviews and more.
Share :Tapping "Share" gives you the option to share about the book you're reading on the social networks you have installed on your device (i.e. Google+, Twitter, Gmail).
Keep on device: To ensure that your book will remain available for offline reading, tap the box next to Keep on device.

Flowing text vs. original pages
Books are available in two viewing modes. In flowing text mode, the text of the book is wrapped according to your device's screen size, which allows you to read most books clearly even on a screen that is smaller than the original physical book. In original pages mode, the original scanned image of the book is displayed, which is useful when viewing on a larger screen, or when the contents of the book do not render well in flowing text mode.

The change the viewing mode, select Flowing text or Original pages from the menu button in the top-right corner when reading. For some titles, only one of these two modes may be available. Note that when viewing original book pages in Original pages mode, you won't be able to change the font size, typeface or line height.

Accessibility and text to speech
We offer accessibility support and text to speech (TTS) reading of books in the Google Play Books app for Android. These options are available within the Google Play Books app if you have enabled accessibility in your device's settings.

Once you have enabled TalkBack in your device's accessibility settings, simply open the Google Play Books app and navigate to a book you'd like to read. Tap the system menu button, then "Read Aloud."

Storage space
The Google Play Books app automatically stores books in the location with the most free space, whether that's your device or your SD card, as of when the app was first launched. If you've upgraded your app, your books will continue to be stored in the same location they were before the upgrade.

Requires Android: 2.1+