You can access your account settings by signing in to the Partner Center at play.google.com/books/publish/ and clicking Account Settings in the left-hand menu. (Account Settings are only available to users with administrative access.) There are several types of settings for your account.
For information on setting up your payment settings for Google Play, see our overview of sales and payment settings.
Account Information
Please provide the account-level contact information and keep it up-to-date, especially the primary contact name and email address (which need not be the same as the email address used to sign in to the account). Country cannot be changed.
Email Preferences
Each user can opt in or out of receiving different types of email communications based on their preferences. Within the Partner Center, navigate to the account settings > email preferences screen. Use the following categories to control which type of emails you would like to receive.
Email preferences are user specific. If you are not a user listed within the account, contact your account’s administrator to add you as a user or contact us.
Category | Definition |
Announcements* | Get important announcements about Google Play Books. |
Updates & opportunities | Get tips and information about new programs and features that benefit your books |
Catalog alerts* | Get notifications when books or your account require attention |
Technical alerts* | Get notifications about technical issues (ONIX, file transfers) |
Feedback | Provide periodic feedback through surveys and research studies to help improve Google Play Books |
Email Preferences for Payments
Category | Definition |
Payments* |
Receive notices about payments and payment related issues within the account. To opt in/out, add your email within the payment profile. |
* Mandatory categories. Each account must have at least one user receiving these notices.
Payment related emails will be sent to the email address listed within the “Payment profile” section of the account. To view these emails, navigate to the payment profile > edit > settings > manage settings. Scroll down to the bottom to find the Payment Contacts and select “Add a new contact”.
Users
Add or remove additional users who have access to this Google Books account. These users must have a Google Account. Read more about managing additional users.
If your account is supported by a third party, you can view information about your service provider on this page. If you'd like to make a change to these settings, please contact us.
Language
You can change the display language by adding ?hl=[language code]
to the end of the URL. For example, https://play.google.com/books/publish?hl=en.
There is a spreadsheet you can download by clicking the Export books button on the Books Catalog page. It will be available in the display language. Metadata of each book such as title and descriptions stays in the original language.