Home / Google
Google Play Books (personal upload library)
play.google.com/booksCloud drivestorage/google-play-booksJSONcomparereport an errorprovider JSON
- Free allowance
- Up to 1,000 uploaded files per Google account (2 GB max per file per the Partner Center spec; the consumer uploader historically enforced 100 MB).
- Verdict
- fails: quotathe free allowance is too small to matter
- Cost
- free tier
- Identity
- institution?placeholder, not evidence; card unknown, phone unknown
- Binding limit
- per-object-cap2 GB/file
- Evidence
- reported4 sources; a third party said so
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-05checked 2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-05
| Free tier | Up to 1,000 uploaded files per Google account (2 GB max per file per the Partner Center spec; the consumer uploader historically enforced 100 MB). 1,000 x 2 GB ≈ 2 TB theoretical per Google account. unit MB; metered on stored-bytes |
|---|
| Price | none stated |
|---|
| Limits | - per-object-cap (binding) 2 GB/file source
1,000-file cap per account; 2 GB/file (Partner Center) vs 100 MB in the consumer uploader; EPUB/PDF only; uploads are re-processed into Google's internal format, so the stored artifact is not byte-identical to what you sent. |
|---|
| Identity | institution (inferred, not read) not published |
|---|
| Egress | No egress metering for reading, but there is no public direct-download URL: files are served through the authenticated Play Books reader. Not CDN-cacheable, not shareable as a link. |
|---|
| Per-object cap | 2 GB max per file (2000000000 bytes) |
|---|
| Retention | not stated |
|---|
| Interface | unknown wrapper-only |
|---|
| Tooling | Web upload only (play.google.com/books -> Upload files). No public API; third-party tools are downloaders for purchased books, not uploaders. |
|---|
| Composes with | 1,000 files x 2 GB = ~2 TB per free Google account, x unlimited free Google accounts. This is the Drive-service-account pattern applied to Play Books; it is only blocked by the absence of an upload API. |
|---|
| Reliability | Files are converted on ingest and served only inside the reader; no bulk export, no public URLs, and there is no supported automation path. |
|---|
| Parsed numbers | - has-free-tier 1
- per-object-cap 2 GB
|
|---|
Evidence 4
More fields 1
| dead end | {"failure_class": "quota","why": "Up to 1,000 uploaded files per Google account (2 GB max per file per the Partner Center spec; the consumer uploader historically enforced 100 MB). 1,000 x 2 GB ≈ 2 TB theoretical per Google account.","retry_when": null,"first_recorded": "2026-10-21"} |
|---|
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