You can collect books and magazines in a personal library on Google Books.
Add books to your library
- Go to Google Books.
- Click My library.
- Choose a bookshelf, like "Favorites" or "Reading now."
- Click Settings Add by ISBN or ISSN.
- Enter the ISBNs or ISSNs of the books or magazines you want to add.
- Click Add books.
Add a book you're already looking at
- At the top of the screen, hover over Add to my library.
- Click a bookshelf.
Remove books from your library
- Go to Google Books.
- Click My library.
- Click the bookshelf title where the book is.
- Under the book or magazine you want to remove, click Remove.
- Confirm your decision.
Organize your books in bookshelves
You can have different bookshelves in your library. Some bookshelves are already created, but you can add more.
Create a bookshelf
- Go to Google Books.
- In the top right, click Sign in.
- Click My library.
- On the left, click New shelf.
- Enter a name.
- Optional: If you don't want other people to see this bookshelf, select Make private.
- Click Create bookshelf.
Delete a bookshelf
You can delete bookshelves that you created. When you delete a bookshelf, you delete any books, labels, and notes inside it.
- Go to Google Books.
- In the top right, click Sign in.
- Click My library.
- Choose a bookshelf you want to delete.
- Click Settings Delete bookshelf.
- Confirm your decision.
Share books in your library
You can make bookshelves in your library public so other people can see them.
- Go to Google Books.
- In the top right, click Sign in.
- Click My library.
- On the left, if you see "Your Google Profile is not linked to Books," click Show my Profile next to my public Books data.
- On the left, click a bookshelf.
- Click Settings Edit properties.
- Next to "Visibility," click Make Public.
- Click Save.