remove sub readmes

Author: daniel-sanche

packages/google-cloud-bigtable/docs/conf.py

@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@
     "**/.nox/**/*",
     "samples/AUTHORING_GUIDE.md",
     "samples/CONTRIBUTING.md",
-    "samples/**/snippets/README*",
 ]
 
 # The reST default role (used for this markup: `text`) to use for all

packages/google-cloud-bigtable/samples/README.md

@@ -1,24 +1,48 @@
-[//]: # "This README.md file is auto-generated, all changes to this file will be lost."
-[//]: # "To regenerate it, use `python -m synthtool`."
+# Python Code Samples for Cloud Bigtable
 
-## Python Samples for Cloud Bigtable
+This directory contains code samples for Cloud Bigtable, which may be used as a reference for using this product.
 
-This directory contains samples for Cloud Bigtable, which may be used as a refererence for how to use this product. 
+## Prerequisites
+
+1. If this is your first time working with GCP products, you will need to set up [the Cloud SDK][cloud_sdk] or utilize [Google Cloud Shell][gcloud_shell]. This sample may [require authentication][authentication] and you will need to [enable billing][enable_billing].
+
+2. Set your environment variables:
+   ```bash
+   export GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT="your-project-id"
+   export BIGTABLE_INSTANCE="your-instance-id"
+   ```
+
+## Running Samples and Tests
+
+1. Install dependencies for the sample module you want to run:
+   ```bash
+   pip install -r requirements.txt
+   ```
+
+2. Run sample scripts directly:
+   ```bash
+   python main.py $GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT $BIGTABLE_INSTANCE
+   ```
+
+3. To run sample tests using Nox:
+   ```bash
+   nox -s py-3.14
+   ```
 
 ## Additional Information
 
 You can read the documentation for more details on API usage and use GitHub
-to <a href="https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigtable">browse the source</a> and [report issues][issues].
+to <a href="https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/tree/main/packages/google-cloud-bigtable">browse the source</a> and [report issues][issues].
 
 ### Contributing
-View the [contributing guidelines][contrib_guide], the [Python style guide][py_style] for more information.
+
+View the [contributing guidelines][contrib_guide] and the [Python style guide][py_style] for more information.
 
 [authentication]: https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/getting-started
-[enable_billing]:https://cloud.google.com/apis/docs/getting-started#enabling_billing
+[enable_billing]: https://cloud.google.com/apis/docs/getting-started#enabling_billing
 [client_library_python]: https://googlecloudplatform.github.io/google-cloud-python/
-[issues]: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-python/issues
+[issues]: https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues
 [contrib_guide]: https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.rst
 [py_style]: http://google.github.io/styleguide/pyguide.html
 [cloud_sdk]: https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs
 [gcloud_shell]: https://cloud.google.com/shell/docs
-[gcloud_shell]: https://cloud.google.com/shell/docs