🆚 Amazon eBooks vs. Google Play Books

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Ebook technology
Ebook technology

About

Amazon eBooks is the Kindle ebook ecosystem, where users can purchase, download, and read digital books via Amazons Kindle Store.

It uses proprietary formats like AZW, AZW3, and KFX, supports cross-device syncing, and offers a Kindle Unlimited subscription with access to millions of books.

Google Play Books is a digital storefront and app from Google that offers a large library of ebooks, comics, manga, and audiobooks for purchase.

It claims to host one of the world's largest ebook collections with over five million titles, supports cross-device syncing, offline reading, and sharing of purchases within a Family Library.

Headquarters

Seattle, Washington, United States
Mountain View, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Varies per book
Kindle Unlimited$11.99/month
Free ✔️

Categories

Ebooks › Rank #1
Ebooks › Rank #5
Audiobooks › Rank #3

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

Amazon eBooks technology is 10 times more popular than Google Play Books.
Total websites

Market share

Ebooks

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Amazon eBooks is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan, while Google Play Books is more popular in Turkey, Indonesia, and Hong Kong.
United States
United Kingdom
Japan
Germany
Canada
Australia
Italy
Spain
Brazil
France

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Amazon eBooks is more popular than Google Play Books in all market segments.
Blogs/Wiki
Marketing/Merchandising
Entertainment
Education/Reference
Business
Online Shopping
Health
Personal Pages
Internet Services
Recreation/Hobbies

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#6,652
#44,269
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Name
Rank
#62,231
#68,590
#101,127
#121,778
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See also

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