Answers.Body: <p>Dear Sir / Madam &amp; Citizens of the Internet,</p>
  
  <p>I find that, with the current version of Play Books on android (version 5.7.5, as of 09/02/2020), if one launches the app connected to Wi-Fi or the internet via. mobile-data, then the search option is "disappeared", i.e. it simply doesn't show up.
  But, if one disconects from the internet (i.e. turns off Wi-Fi &amp; Mobile data) then the search option suddenly appears. I also found, once the search option appears, then wi-fi and mobile-data can be turned back on again.</p>
  
  <p>I hope this is useful to someone. I was annoyed and perplexed by this, but didn't know for quite some time that the "fix" was so simple. I hope Google doesn't see this and patch it out.</p>
  
  <p>Take care,</p>
  
  <p>G. Ward.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Search does not work for me in web app, but does work on my Android phone even when the Internet is connected
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Answers.Body: <p>If you have Android, you may find an older version of the application online which supports it. I can confirm that version 3.16.1 is working fine.
  <img src="https://i.sstatic.net/1dU2d.png" alt="Search in uploaded books - Google Play Books, for Android, version 3.16.1"></p>
  
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Body: <p>I just uploaded an eBook I bought directly from the publisher to my Google Play Books account and went to search for some text in the book only to see the following text come up in a tooltip when I hovered on the search magnifying glass icon...</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Search (Unavailable for uploaded books)</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/AqYPl.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/AqYPl.png" alt="search unavailable for uploaded books"></a></p>
  
  <p>What kind of nonsense is this? Is this some resentment that I didn't purchase this thing directly through them? Is search a service only for books purchased on GPB as some kind of perk?</p>
  
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Comments.CreationDate: 2018-10-24T12:08:26.830Z
Comments.Text: Same problem here. Ridiculous. Did you find any solution/alternative?
Comments.UserDisplayName: user11946
Tags: <google-play-books>
Title: Why does Google Play Books not allow search for uploaded books?
UserDisplayName: jxramos
ThreadText: # Why does Google Play Books not allow search for uploaded books?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-03-11)
  
  I just uploaded an eBook I bought directly from the publisher to my Google Play Books account and went to search for some text in the book only to see the following text come up in a tooltip when I hovered on the search magnifying glass icon...
  
  > Search (Unavailable for uploaded books)
  
  [![search unavailable for uploaded books](https://i.sstatic.net/AqYPl.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/AqYPl.png)
  
  What kind of nonsense is this? Is this some resentment that I didn't purchase this thing directly through them? Is search a service only for books purchased on GPB as some kind of perk?
  
  **Tags:** google-play-books
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Same problem here. Ridiculous. Did you find any solution/alternative?  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2020-02-09. Score: 3
  
  Dear Sir / Madam & Citizens of the Internet,
  
  I find that, with the current version of Play Books on android (version 5.7.5, as of 09/02/2020), if one launches the app connected to Wi-Fi or the internet via. mobile-data, then the search option is "disappeared", i.e. it simply doesn't show up.
  But, if one disconects from the internet (i.e. turns off Wi-Fi & Mobile data) then the search option suddenly appears. I also found, once the search option appears, then wi-fi and mobile-data can be turned back on again.
  
  I hope this is useful to someone. I was annoyed and perplexed by this, but didn't know for quite some time that the "fix" was so simple. I hope Google doesn't see this and patch it out.
  
  Take care,
  
  username_2.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_3**: Search does not work for me in web app, but does work on my Android phone even when the Internet is connected  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2019-07-28. Score: 1
  
  If you have Android, you may find an older version of the application online which supports it. I can confirm that version 3.16.1 is working fine.
  ![Search in uploaded books - Google Play Books, for Android, version 3.16.1](https://i.sstatic.net/1dU2d.png)
  
  
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