Google brings e-books to South Africa
Google has revealed that its online bookstore will be available in South Africa from Thursday, 7 November 2013.
Santiago de la Mora, director for print product partnerships at Google, said that they have worked hard to roll out Google Play Books to many more markets.
He said that at launch South African users will have access to hundreds of thousands of English language books.
Asked whether local publishers would be able to sell their books through Google Play Books, De la Mora said they are working on providing such services to South African publishers.
Books bought from Google’s store can be read on the following platforms:
- Android phones and tablets via the Google Play Books app;
- PCs through a web browser; and
- iPhones and iPads via the Google Play Books app for iOS.
De la Mora explained that the various apps synchronise a user’s progress and annotations across devices.
This means that you can begin reading a book on your PC and easily pick up where you left off on a tablet or smartphone, De la Mora said.
Google Play Books is accessible through the Google Play online portal.
This article first appeared on MyBroadband
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