You can download ebooks from Google Play Books onto your mobile devices to read anywhere, even when you don't have an internet connection.
You can also export selected books from your computer and read them on other e-readers. Learn how to export books from your computer.
Important: Manga chapters currently aren’t available for offline reading.
Download books for offline reading
- Open the Google Play Books app
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- Go to your library.
- Next to a book, tap Download
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- Once the book is downloaded, a Downloaded icon displays
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- Once the book is downloaded, a Downloaded icon displays
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.Tips:
- To download multiple books on Android versions 2023.04.17.00 and up:
- Tap and hold a book.
- Select more books.
- Tap Download
- To remove downloaded books:
- Tap and hold a book.
- Select the other books you want to remove.
- Tap Remove download.
Download with Wi-Fi only
To avoid data charges, you can download ebooks with Wi-Fi only.
- On your phone or tablet, open the Google Play Books app
- At the top right, tap your profile
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- Tap Play Books Settings
Uploads & downloads
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Uploads & downloads Save new downloads to an SD card
Before you start
- Format the SD card as “Internal” or “Portable Storage.” Settings and functionality vary by phone. For more info, contact your device manufacturer.
- Make sure your SD card has enough storage.
Save books to an SD card (portable storage)
- On your Android phone or tablet, open Play Books
- At the top right, tap your profile
- Tap Play Books settings
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- Tap Uploads & downloads.
- Turn on Download new books to SD card.
.Tips:
- If Play Books can’t download to your SD card, it automatically downloads to your internal storage instead.
- Previous downloads don’t transfer to the SD card. To move previously downloaded books to the SD card:
- Turn on SD card storage.
- Remove the download.
- Redownload the book.