Google Play Books Partner Center
- Free allowance
- 2 GB per content file ('Each file must be less than 2 GB.
- Verdict
- caveatusable, with a named limit or an unprobed read path
- Cost
- free tier
- Identity
- any-phoneno card, phone required
- Binding limit
- per-object-capper-object-cap 2 GB
- Evidence
- reported7 sources; a third party said so
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-05checked 2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-05
| Free tier | 2 GB per content file ('Each file must be less than 2 GB. This limit includes cover image files'). An ebook should be at least 4 pages. A supplemental PDF is one per audiobook and must be 'Under 100 MB in size'; an audiobook runs from 5 minutes to 100 hours, and multiple audio parts may be supplied separately or zipped into one file. unit GB; metered on unstated |
|---|---|
| Price | none stated |
| Limits | per-object-cap 2 GB; PDF/EPUB only for ebooks; PDF unencrypted required; EpubCheck validation required. |
| Identity | any-phone a Google Account, or a new account: the checklist says to sign in using a Google Account or create a new account. Publishing then needs a payment profile whose form asks for a business name, contact name, address and phone number, and all publishers must submit tax information. No card is charged at signup. |
| Egress | Google-served to purchasers; no public hot-link. |
| Per-object cap | per-object-cap 2 GB (2000000000 bytes) |
| Retention | not stated |
| Interface | unknown Partner Center web upload; also automated content fetching (ONIX/feed) per answer/2763162. |
| Tooling | Web + feed-based automation. |
| Composes with | 2 GB/file with multi-part naming (ISBN_1of3.pdf) means a large work can be split across parts with no stated part count — the sharding is built into the naming convention. |
| Reliability | Payout requires tax/payment setup; publishing is write-gated by Google's review. Ingest is heavily normalised — this is not a byte-preserving store. |
| Notes | 2 GB per content file, cover images included; the 100 MB bound on the page is the supplemental PDF, not an audio file; an audiobook is bounded by duration (5 minutes to 100 hours) and may be split into parts. |
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Evidence 7
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 | support.google.com/books/partner/answer/3424254?hl=en | 'Each file must be less than 2 GB. This limit includes cover image files'; audiobook 'Under 100 MB in size' |
| 2026-10-21 | help.vellum.pub/uploading/ | independent comparison table: Google Play 2048 MB, Apple Books 2048 MB, Amazon 650 MB, Kobo 100 MB, B&N 20 MB |
| 2026-11-01 | support.google.com/books/partner/checklist/4489282?hl=en | publishing needs a payment profile, and its form asks for a phone number |
| 2026-11-01 | support.google.com/books/partner/checklist/4489282?hl=en | the payment profile that publishing requires asks for a phone number |
| 2026-11-01 | support.google.com/books/partner/answer/3424254?hl=en | the 2 GB file ceiling; the 100 MB bound is the supplemental PDF, and an audiobook is bounded by duration, not by file size |
| 2026-11-01 | support.google.com/books/partner/answer/3424254?hl=en | the 100 MB bound applies to the one supplemental PDF of an audiobook |
| 2026-11-01 | support.google.com/books/partner/answer/3424254?hl=en | the 2 GB per-file ceiling is unchanged on the book-file guidelines page |
Unknown values 4
- interface: the access interface was not established
- per object cap notes: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
- retention notes: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
- retention stated: the field may be stated in a source that was not read