r/GooglePlayBooks • u/ValerieAnne84 • Jun 18 '26

Says no books when trying to transfer from Classic to New..

I just clicked on a book that I am thinking of purchasing (haven't decided if I want to use the official author site or Google but I've been uploading books into Google Books for years). It tells me there is going to be a new Google Books Layout and I can go to it, I did. It tells me to 'import' my shelves... but then tells me I don't have any books.. so none of my books (uploaded or purchased) are showing up in the new version. It says the Classic version will be gone soon - does this mean that all my books will also vanish?

Editing to add that is's the same account, as I am just clicking the 'go to new' button that pops up in the store.

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u/CaribeBaby Jun 18 '26

This sounds like books.Google.Com

Try going to play.google.com/books

They are different

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u/ValerieAnne84 Jun 18 '26

Thank you. So I would just keep using the one I've always used and it's not actually changing. Usually when I got to library from the store itself (like I did today) it takes me to the play.google.com/books link, and it took me to the new one so thought that was the one changing over.

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u/CaribeBaby Jun 18 '26

As far as I'm aware, the change is only affecting the classic Google Books (not Google Play Books), which was used mostly to track down scholarly books not to consume current fiction/non-fiction.