Google Play Store had made a strong head start as Android’s own app store similar to Apple’s iteration. The company, nearly every day, has been sending out updates and working hard to make the app purchase and management experience even better. Now, per reports, Google has shed a bit more light on the pre-order method.
Google has now decided to help customers by showing them what’s really happening with these pre-orders, thanks to a Google Play help page. Currently, per the company, books that are available for pre-order in the Google Play Store will display a PRE-ORDER button rather than a BUY button.
To access the pre-order title, the user needs to follow a set of steps. Once the user follow the steps to pre-order a title, and later sign into his or her Google account, they will need to visit the Play Store on the web or the Play Store app on the Android device. Next, the user needs to find the preferred book, click or tap the pre-order button, and complete the order process.
The help page also states that when the users place a pre-order, their credit card will not be charged until the book is available. Per an Android Police report, “This may be nice for some people who would prefer to pay later rather than sooner. On the other hand, it does mean that you will be setting up a surprise charge on your account later, so make sure your personal budget takes that into account.”
“On the date your pre-ordered title is released in the Play store, you'll receive an email notifying you that the book has become available and you will automatically see the full book show up in your library, on the web, and in your Google Play Books app on your Android or iOS device,” the Google help page adds.
Prior to the new information, it was reported that Google had started moving on with the Google+ integration to the Play Store. As of now, users, once they enter Google Play (via web or mobile), should see all the app reviews attributed to “A Google User”.
“This is presumably the first visible step in Google’s restructuring, and we’ll soon see those placeholders replaced with the names of individual users. Google’s expected to prompt users at some point to associate their reviews with their real names through their Google+ accounts, but just when it may do so is anyone’s guess,” a Pocketnow report states.
