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If there’s one thing that many of us have been doing as we continue living in lockdown during the pandemic, it’s catching up on a bit of light (or heavy) reading, says Michael Perrigo, Game developer and author.
As Google Play Books turns 10 years old, here is our feature wishlist for the future
Even though some people say that Google Play Books “isn’t dead yet” as it celebrates its 10th birthday, I would argue that the service isn’t going anywhere. No one in their right mind would cancel it, even with the track record that Google has with ‘sunsetting’ their services.
You see, Google Play Books spawned out of Google’s initiative to create the largest body of online human knowledge by scanning 25 million books, many of which are out of print, rare, or generally unavailable outside of the library system (There were more than 130 million unique books in the world as of 2010). Publishers who take advantage of Google’s Partner Program can offer their books for purchase on the Google Play Store and others can simply partner with Google to make them available via the Library Project.
Knowing this and seeing the enormous growth in eBook sales over just this year alone (no, real books aren’t dying), it’s safe to say that Google Play Books is not in danger of closing up shop. With that being said though, I believe that they may have grown a bit stagnant. Why bother innovating if there’s no reason to?...
This next one may not make much or any sense, but in order to reduce confusion and one day eliminate the Google Play Store – yes, I have some theories about that which I will share one day – they should merge Google Play Books with Google Books, keeping only the latter name. Google Books has already received a redesign as well (below), so it’s clear that Google’s bookworms are considering a lot of things here and there.
Source: Chrome Unboxed
