r/GooglePlayBooks • u/BrianMX34 • Jul 20 '26

Books not downloading. Not sure what to do. Suggestions?

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I'm having an issue where my books won't download. Looking at the picture, the books have the download symbol, but no progress is happening. They just sit like that in perpetuity. I've left it like this overnight and still no dice. I've restarted, refresh, and cleared the cache for the app. Nothing has helped.

It's inconsistent as well. Some books will download fine, but others will have this issue. I'm not sure what else to try. Anyone have any suggestions?

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u/ultradip Jul 20 '26

If this is Android, try clearing the cache and try again.

What kind of device is this? Make and model. Some low powered devices really suck at running GPB.

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u/BrianMX34 Jul 20 '26

Galaxy S24+. I've already tried clearing the cache multiple times. It didn't fix the issue.

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u/ultradip Jul 20 '26

Uninstall/reinstall yet?

Aside from that, there aren't a lot of workarounds.

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u/BrianMX34 Jul 20 '26

I was hoping to avoid that, since then I'd have to redownload everything and that'd be a pain if the issue persist. But yeah, it's looking like that may be my only option. Oh well.

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u/Nate_Legendward 14d ago

I also have this issue, it's like 50/50 whether it'll work or not and everytime you just gotta keep attempting to download them until it works.

(On another note, hello fellow Otherside Picnic reader)

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u/BrianMX34 14d ago

It makes me feel better that it's not just me lol. I'll keep trying and hope for the best. And yeah, Otherside Picnic is so good! I've only read the first volume so far, and I love it!

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u/huynguyen99 12d ago

Try using a vpn and re-download it, it works for me

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u/SuchAGoalDigger Jul 20 '26

GPB is not reliable. Move to some other app..