Now that the Google Play Store has established itself as a compelling one-stop shop for movies, music, book, and apps, it's easy to find yourself getting all of your entertainment from this one source. More than just offering a compelling retail experience, Google's Play Books service exists as a highly functional ebook reader as well. Google has worked hard to bolt on features wherever appropriate, and as one of the flagship apps for the new Material Design UI scheme it's easy to get sucked into this service as an Android user. Using Google Play Books doesn't take much in the way of effort, but getting to know the features within may not be a priority if you're already embedded in another platform. With that in mind, here's a quick tour through what makes this ebook reader stand out.

Getting books to and from Play Books Like Android, Google Play Books is a mostly open system. You can purchase books from the Google Play Store and have them simply appear in Google Play Book, or you can upload your own from a number of different sources. Books you have uploaded from other sources don't always look exactly the same as content purchased on the Play Store when looking at the "bookshelf" of titles available to you, but on the inside these books will almost always behave the same way. Learn more about adding your library to Google Play Books

Perhaps more important than adding books from other sources is the ability to move books you've purchased on Google Play Books to other readers if you decide you've found something you like better. The Google Play Books website includes a download function that allows you to grab the book in whatever file format it was uploaded by the publisher in, as long as the publisher has chosen to allow this to happen. As long as whoever sold you that book has their content available to you DRM-free and available to download, you can click on the three dots on the cover and download in whatever file format suits you best.