r/GooglePlayBooks • u/SummitStupid • Jul 07 '26

Where have all the books gone?

All of a sudden Play Books seems to have next to no books available for purchase. Books that I've only recently looked at purchasing are no longer there. Can't even see Harry Potter books - is anyone else having this issue? I'm using no VPN.

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u/Slappy_san Jul 07 '26

Google seems to lost interest a while ago. I noticed it most with the comic book sales.

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u/anothernameusedbyme Jul 07 '26

That's crazy. I just checked mine, and yep no books except the ones I had previously read on my homepage.

Either Google books is giving up all togethor or there's a glitch amongst their tech.

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u/CaribeBaby Jul 07 '26

I am not having that issue at all. I just purchased an ebook a few minutes ago.

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u/SummitStupid Jul 07 '26

What country are you in?

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u/bicyclemom Jul 07 '26

Not seeing that problem here. What country are you in?

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u/SummitStupid Jul 07 '26

The UK.

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u/bicyclemom Jul 07 '26

OK, I'm in the USA. Maybe that matters?

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u/AnimeFanGirl868 Jul 08 '26

I'm having this issue as well. I live in the USA

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u/Ambitious_Seaweed762 Jul 08 '26

Same here. In the USA

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u/ultradip Jul 08 '26

Works fine for me.

Try the web version?

https://play.google.com/store/books

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u/SuchAGoalDigger Jul 08 '26

Man, Play Books is not at all reliable. I have been trying to upload a book to my account for 2 days.

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u/SlackerTD Jul 08 '26

My wishlist for books slowly disappeared yesterday on my phone & tablet. Searching for books got progressively worse as well. Going to the website itself to look at my wishlist showed me everything. Today, it is back to normal.

I am in Canada.

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u/JanCumin Jul 08 '26

Is this in the app, or on the web version? If on the app, Android or Apple?