This article describes the settings found on the settings tab when you view a specific book in your catalogue. Some features described on this page are only available in countries or regions that can sell books on Google Play.
Find out more about supported countries for selling books on Google Play.
Change your book settings
- Sign in to the Partner Centre.
- On the left, click Book Catalogue.
- Click the book title.
- Click Book infoSettings.
- Enter the information.
- Click Save.
Advanced book settings
Distribution settings for Google Play BooksDistribution settings include additional options for selling your book on Google Play.
Setting |
Description |
Create flowable text? |
Google has converted selected books into .epub format.
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Show PDF? |
To hide the PDF version from users as 'Original pages', select No. Important: If you select 'No' and don't provide us with an .epub file, you can't sell the book in Play. |
Show photos in Google Play Books? |
If you have the rights to include images in the eBook, tick this box. If a book has a large number of images, Google can sell it only if this box is ticked or if you provide an .epub file. |
Reading order |
If the pages of this book appear in reverse order, change this setting. This setting applies only to non-.epub files. |
Insert a blank page after the cover? |
If you didn’t add a blank page between the cover and the first content page in this PDF or fixed layout file, to get us to insert one for you:
Tip: This setting preserves the original left-to-right page layout. |
Setting |
Description |
Territories |
The countries or territories where you have rights to make the books previewable. This field is required for all books, and for new books is pre-filled with 'World'. To get the 2-letter ISO 3166 code for each country, find it in Format a list of countries. |
Name of site for printed book |
The text of the link that's displayed on Google Books to purchase the book directly from you. |
Link for printed book |
The URL where Google Books users can purchase the book directly from you. The URL should point to your website rather than to another retailer. Tip: Google Books automatically provides a list of links to Google Play and third-party retailers. |
Publisher website |
The URL of the publisher's website. If you provide it, the publisher name and logo links to their URL. |
Publisher logo |
An image of the publisher logo. Go to the guidelines for logos. |
Show photos in Google Books preview? |
If you have the rights to display images in this book:
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Allow PDF download? |
If you want to make your entire book available for download as a PDF file:
Tip: This option only applies to books which are 100% previewable under the 'Preview type' setting. |
N/A |
This setting may be labelled differently depending on other settings:
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Allow preview before on-sale date? |
If this book should be available for preview on Google Books before its on-sale date, in the 'About the book' tab, select Yes.. |