Where's My Book?

The missing search for Google Play Books

What is Where's My Book??

'Where's My Book?' is a useful Chrome extension for book lovers. It addresses the long-standing deficit of searching within uploaded Google Play Books. With the extension, a search box becomes available, allowing users to instantly filter loaded Google Books results by title or author. The extension even shows how many books match the current filter and how many books are present towards your quota of 1000.

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Extension stats

By: https://bradleybossard.com

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Users: 2,000+

Rating: 4.47 (40)

Version: 1.4.1 (Last updated: 2018-05-25)

Creation date: 2018-05-24

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

https://play.google.com/books*

Size: 191.49K

Email: br*****@gmail.com

URLs: Website

Ranking

# 20035 ▼ 189

Other rankings

#1728 in Tools ▲ 2 #2 in book keyword 23 ▲ 1 #59 in author keyword 8 ▼ 10 #218 in install keyword 55 ▲ #227 in upload keyword 23 ▲ 5

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Extension summary

Analyze keywords

Filter Google Play Books by title or author.

For far too long, we have been burdened by not being able to search our uploaded Google Play Books results.

Installing the extension, you are now presented with a search box, that upon typing, filters your currently loaded Google Books results by title or author. Not great, but it's a vast improvement, IMO.

** New in version 1.3.1** Another fix. Today I noticed the extension not showing up at all. Figured out it was buried under the other UI. Increased the z-index so it sits on top again.

** New in version 1.3.0** Fixed broken functionality of extension. Google updated the way they generate CSS class names on the page, which completely broke the functionality of the extension and will make it more difficult to main going forward.

** New in version 1.2.0 **

Tooltip to inform you how many books match your current filter and how many books you currently have loaded. In the course of developing this extension, I have discovered there is a limit to 1000 books you are allow to upload to Google Books. Therefore, this extension, once all your books are loaded, shows you how many you have toward your quota of 1000.

User reviews

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Pros

It helps organize and find books more effectively.
Users find it extremely helpful and express gratitude.
The interface is described as elegant and simple.
It has been useful for a long time for many users.

Cons

It has stopped working after a Google Books update.
Users report it being broken or malfunctioning at times.
Some users experience issues with the extension displaying no results.

Most mentioned

The extension was once highly rated but has since declined.
Users are frustrated with it being broken or non-functional.
There are mentions of improved features within Google Books that diminish the need for the extension.

Recent reviews

Seems to be broken again. Used to be 5*. Now 3*. Or even 1*? :-(

Colin Shaw, 2021-10-05

As far as I can tell, other people aren't having this problem so it might be something I'm doing wrong, but this is not working at all. No matter what I type or how long I let the page load, the result is always "Displaying 0 of 0 total books loaded" Refreshing the page didn't help, and neither did removing and re-installing the extension. I even tried turning my Adblock off, in case that was the problem. If this glitch is fixed, this extension would be very useful, but until then this is 1-2 star rating from me.