In addition to numerous changes to the interface, it comes bundled with several new applications, of which many of us are sure to love Reading List. This application works best with the Modern version of the Internet Explorer browser, and to be more precise, it only works with it.
A panel with the Reading List application icon will appear on the right side of the screen. To add a page to the application, just click on this icon and then on the “Add to Reading List” button.
To view saved pages, you need to launch the “Reading List”. When you open any saved page, the app will automatically snap to the left side of the screen and Internet Explorer will open to the right, allowing you to see both apps side by side. In addition, you will be able to quickly open other pages.
To delete a page from the application, just right-click on it and click on the “Delete” button at the bottom of the screen. Recently deleted pages can be accessed from the top bar of the application. Unfortunately, the application does not have a “Mark as read” function.
Deleted pages can be retained for a maximum of 60 days and a minimum of 10 days. To configure the retention period for deleted pages, go to the application settings (Win + i) and select the option that suits you.
Reading List is a great app, but it's obviously still a work in progress. Perhaps by the launch of the final version of Windows 8.1 the application will acquire the missing functions.
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Today, many smartphone and tablet users prefer to read e-books, because it is really convenient, portable and affordable. And to read e-books on the iPhone screen, you need to install a special reader application on it.
An application provided by Apple itself. It has an excellent design, as well as the necessary minimum parameters that will ensure comfortable reading: here you can adjust the font size, switch between day and night modes, quick search, bookmarks, paper color. Support for PDF, audiobooks, etc. has been implemented.
Among the nuances, it is worth highlighting the scarcity of supported formats: electronic books can only be downloaded in ePub format (but, fortunately, there are no problems with it on sites with electronic libraries), as well as the lack of page synchronization for downloaded books ( this function valid only for books purchased from the iBooks Store, where there are practically no Russian-language works).
It is difficult to find a book lover who has not at least heard of the largest book platform liters. The iPhone application is a combination of a store and an e-reader, which, by the way, turns out to be extremely convenient in practice, since it has font and size settings, paper color, and even indentation settings, which, for example, are unforgivably large in the iBooks application.
But since liters is a store, books cannot be downloaded here from third-party sources. The application implies that this is where you will purchase books, after which you can immediately proceed to reading with the ability to automatically synchronize what you read with your account.
A free, convenient e-reader for iPhone that stands out because it supports almost all formats e-books, changes the background, orientation, font and size, but most importantly, it can switch between pages using the volume buttons (this is the only reader in the review with this ability).
A nice addition is the presence of built-in instructions telling you how to download e-books from a browser, iTunes or the cloud. By default, the reader already includes several wonderful literary works.
Despite its name, this application is positioned not so much as an e-reader, but as a file manager for viewing photos, documents and e-books on your iPhone.
As a tool for reading e-books, there are practically no complaints about FB2 Reader: there is a pleasant interface here, there are opportunities for fine-tuning, for example, setting the exact color of the background and text for both the day theme and the night theme. You can also praise it for its “omnivorousness,” which allows you to open many formats of books and text documents in the application.
An extremely successful reader with a high-quality interface, as well as a wide range of settings that can be applied to all books loaded into the application, or to just one.
From distinctive features It is worth highlighting the synchronization of metadata for books, the ability to disable the phone “falling asleep” while reading, the presence of sounds even when turning pages (they can be disabled), design themes, and a built-in translator.
Perhaps the most interesting representative among the means for electronic book reading, which is notable for the fact that all books here are distributed completely free of charge, and anyone can become an author and share their manuscripts with the world.
Wattpad is mobile application for downloading and reading original stories, articles, fan fiction, novels. The application allows you not only to read, but also to exchange thoughts with authors, search for books based on recommendations, find like-minded people and new interesting experiences. If you are a book lover, then this application will definitely appeal to you.
For those who like to read good books in large quantities, it will be beneficial to use the MyBook application. It is a subscription service for purchasing books, which includes e-reader functions. That is, for a certain monthly fee you will have access to a library of thousands of books in different genres.
There are no complaints about the reader itself: a nice minimalistic interface, only basic settings for displaying text, the ability to synchronize book metadata, and also track statistics of time spent reading for a selected period.
What do we end up with? High-quality applications for reading books, each of which has its own characteristic features in the form of free libraries, the ability to subscribe to bestsellers, single book purchases, etc. Whatever reader you prefer, we hope that with its help you will read more than a dozen books.
When you can’t carry a volume of War and Peace with you everywhere, or you want to take a whole stack of books on a trip, but there’s no room left in your suitcase, an e-reader on your phone comes to the rescue of a book lover. Anyone who has read in this format at least once in their life knows: an application for a smartphone or tablet should be convenient and practical.
The application contains 130 thousand books in the library, of which 22 thousand are freely available. Right here they offer to choose genres to suit their taste: detective stories, romance novels, classics, science fiction. There are also books on psychology, scientific materials, and publications for children. You can create an account or log in via VKontakte, Facebook. After authorization, the program selects the best free books to suit your interests, a convenient search is also included. You can create bookshelves and sort books yourself.
Easily stands out required text(one color), you can leave notes in the margins, send quotes to friends on social networks. Statistics are kept by day - the percentage of reading is recorded, there is a counter for the total reading time. The downside is that many books in the application are available with a paid subscription; you can download them separately in ePub format and upload them to the program (you need the same subscription, you can try 7 days for free).Included in the TOP 10 free applications on Google Play in the “Books” category.
You immediately need to register or log in through your Google or Facebook account. Books and stories are loaded here. In the search there is some literature available for free. Most of them have ratings from users - you can read comments, leave your reviews, change the font and background. But you won't be able to make a note. There is a function to switch pages using the volume keys. You can create reading lists and add books to your private library.
Recent requests are saved. In the search, everything is divided by genre: from the usual classics, novels, science fiction to thrillers, horror, fan fiction, teenage poetry, spiritual literature. One hundred million downloads. Rating 4.6. Included in the TOP 10 free on Google Play in the “Books” category.
A free reader that opens epub, fb2, pdf, djvu, mobi, rtf, txt formats. All documents stored on your phone will be visible in the application. In the library, books are arranged in a list. The main menu records the book you are reading now, your reads, and your favorites. There are tabs with all documents, selections by authors, series. You can set the reading mode and page turning.
The color scheme, fonts, line spacing, alignment, etc. are also adjustable. You can level the brightness level by moving across the left screen. Bookmarks are made on pages, you can give them names and share them with friends. The downside is that you won’t be able to highlight specific phrases in the text. Over a million downloads. Rating 4.8. Included in the TOP 10 free on Google Play in the “Books” category.
There are also audiobooks. You can search for literature by cover. Pages read are displayed as a percentage. In the reader - the book that you opened last time. If you click on a word for a couple of seconds or drag your finger left and right, the text or fragment will be highlighted. Font settings, night mode, table of contents, bookmarks work.
Some books are not presented in the usual format electronic form, but as a scanned original. Pages can be bookmarked and enlarged, but individual text fragments cannot be underlined. This format is unusual, but looks very authentic.
The appendix also contains journalism, periodicals, modern prose, historical, psychological, motivational books. Total – 200 thousand. Up to two thousand new books appear every month. In the free section there are 26 thousand copies. The choice is quite wide. You just need to enter email. Over five million downloads. Included in the TOP 10 free on Google Play in the “Books” category.
Free program for reading e-books. The bookshelf is only available in paid mode. Without a subscription, your books will be stored in the “Favorites”, “Recent” tabs or divided by author, series, or category. There is a search and a file system from which you can access downloads. The number of pages read and their total number are displayed. You can change the font, its size, alignment, styles. The program has a built-in translator, you can change the background, wallpaper, and text color. You can put any picture on the background, however, this is done inconveniently - in the selection mode, files are displayed with icons and names, the image itself is not visible. You can change the order of menu items. Night mode works. You can select the text highlighting style (3 colors available) by clicking on the bookmark and then on the “Change” button. In the online library – download the magazine “Reading”, upload literary articles. Over ten million downloads. Rating 4.5. Included in the TOP 15 free on GooglePlay in the “Books” category.
The design is built on the principle of a bookshelf - all menu buttons and functions are on it. You can read books from the file system or find them in online libraries. In your library, they will be sorted by author, title, series or rating.
The design theme is configured, night mode is turned on, and there are several other useful settings. If you click on the center of the screen in reading mode, a large menu will appear. Also fixed at the top is a panel of main tools: going to bookmarks, settings, text search, content. You can enable brightness control on the left edge, selecting text by double-clicking, scrolling with the volume buttons and other useful modes, change the text color and theme. You can add your own notes to bookmarks.
Large bank of literature in Russian. The application synchronizes with Dropbox, the bookmarks you leave will be visible on your other device. Click on the center of the screen - the reading mode settings appear, where you can select the background, brightness, font size, turn on rotation lock, and search. The function of adjusting the page size simply by touching the screen: by moving from the center to the edges of the screen, the page increases, from the edges to the center - decreases; brightness – moving up/down along the left edge.
Several markers for highlighting text, you can circle it with a pen, add comments to fragments, the panel is fixed. Notes and bookmarks for the book are saved in separate tabs. A convenient bonus from Pocketbook – ReadRate – is a platform with reviews and ratings of books from other users and editors. Based on reviews, you can find something interesting if you don’t know what to read.
They offer to set up the readerbar as soon as you open the first book. There you can select the necessary buttons and options. Then you can edit them by opening the settings. You can turn on auto-scrolling and choose a convenient pace, add bookmarks, highlight and underline text with different colors and fonts, and add words to the dictionary.
In reading mode, the chapter, percentage of the book read, and time are displayed. The program keeps statistics of books read, hours of reading in general and per day. The server calculates how many seconds it takes you to complete one page. Backup and system language change available. Over ten million downloads. Rating 4.4.
In the application, you can read books from your file system, add network library directories, and take books from there. The design can be changed; there are several modes of a standard wooden shelf, backgrounds, a choice of wallpaper and colors. A full color palette has been prepared here for highlighting text - you can choose any shade yourself. Eat standard settings fonts, text sizes, brightness.
The program itself can read a book out loud - the timbre and reading speed are adjustable. The reminder function works if you haven’t visited the e-reader for a long time. The application opens in full screen, in reading mode the time and battery level are displayed.
One of the most convenient and popular e-readers. Although this program is initially a store, you can find a lot of good books and comics in the public domain. In the library, books are lined up on shelves: those that you have already started, are just planning, or have already finished reading.
The program has the “lightest” flipping animation and a pleasant appearance of the pages. The text highlighter has several colors. Bookmarks, notes and comments for them are stored in separate tabs. There are built-in functions for reading aloud, searching through a book, a translator and a server with audio books. It is also convenient for smartphone owners because all data is stored in your already registered account. One billion downloads. Rating 3.9.
Automatically adds several famous books to your shelf and a guide for downloading files. You can download books on the Internet and then read them in eBoox. For iPhone owners, in addition to iTunes, you can download literature through the cloud, the Safari browser (there is a button in the context menu that places the book in your library). Or find them in catalogs - but here most books are paid.
The settings are simple: brightness, font, page background. You can enable scrolling using the volume buttons and change the transition animation to the next page. Text search, table of contents, bookmarks, and highlighting of quotes work. There are separate tabs with table of contents, bookmarks and quotes. Books in the library are arranged in a list in order of downloading. The application has a nice modern design. Opens fb2, epub, txt, doc, doxc, html, mobi, rtf, prc, odt. It can also handle book zip archives.
In the iOS version, books are placed on a classic wooden shelf. The reader looks standard. The Android version is slightly different. Here the bookshelf has a light design and looks more modern. Both versions have convenient functions for bookmarks, notes in the margins, underlining text, changing the background of pages and the color of letters. All the usual attributes of a book are also there - a table of contents, a breakdown into chapters. Cons: the program interface is in English, the language does not change. To change the screen brightness, you will have to go to the menu in the program and look for reading settings - this is impractical. But it is quite possible to cope with all the difficulties.
Another application from LitRes. Only books from the free catalog of the liters store are available. The program will not open files downloaded from the Internet. Your books are stored in the library (middle button on the top toolbar), they are sorted by author and title. All the rest are divided into sections: popular, new items and catalog. The latter is divided by genre: reference books, fantasy, contemporary prose, art, children's literature, business books and much more. In reading mode, you can leave bookmarks and highlight quotes (one marker color). In the settings – adjustment of turning, page, line, font, background (more than 10 options for light shades). There is a day and night mode. You can create your own profile or log in via VKontakte and Facebook.
In the application, you can read books that you have already downloaded to your phone from the Internet. Or find them on the servers of other programs, and add your own network library. The reader settings look very cluttered and may not appeal to perfectionists; all the functions that can be turned on and adjusted are hidden in the left corner. The theme color changes, the search for books and their location on the shelf are configured. Setting the file types that the program will open (reads pdf, djvu, fb2, mobi\azw, epub, rtf, cbz\cbr, zip\rar, doc, html archives).
In reading mode there is a convenient menu. There is a function for searching through the text, moving to other pages, a list of books (without leaving the current one), and a table of contents. In the settings - background design, font size, brightness. Bookmarks and notes are also available. The program can read a book aloud to you. There are several tone and tempo modes to choose from.
It looks like a modern wooden bookshelf, there are other shelving themes: sky, brick wall and others. You can immediately select the types of files that will be scanned (the program reads all types of files, including mp3, m4b, archives). The program will also open your audio, old receipts, electronic tickets; you need to carefully select formats so as not to clutter your library with unnecessary documents. There is a book store, it has several thousand free books, they are divided by genre.
In reading mode - easy page turning, several bright highlighter colors, synchronization with Google translator, bookmarks. Pages, time, charge level are displayed at the bottom. The read aloud function works. When narrating a book, the program highlights in color the fragments it reads. In the settings of this mode you can change the speed, tempo, voice and language.
The latest iPhone models have large enough screens that you can easily read a book on them. But when studying this issue, users are faced with the fact that they are constantly trying to sell them something. Either applications for reading books, or the books themselves, or something else.
Perhaps the simplest and most convenient application for reading books on iPhone is the standard iBooks application. With iBooks, you can buy e-books, read your own EPub or PDF books, and create electronic library cataloging available books. This application is free and pre-installed on iPhone, iPad and iPod.
If you want to read books through iBooks for free, you first need to download them to the iBooks app. To do this, you will need a computer with iTunes installed, as well as the books themselves in EPub or PDF formats, which you can download on the Internet.
To get started, connect your iPhone to your computer using a cable and launch iTunes. After that, click on the device icon that will appear in the upper left corner of the iTunes window (screenshot below). This will take you to the iPhone settings.
After this, you need to go to the “Books” section. A link to it will be available in the left side menu of the program.
As a result, a page with a list of books on your iPhone will open. To download a new book to your iPhone, simply drag it to this list using the mouse. If the book format is supported, the book will automatically be downloaded to the iPhone’s memory and become available in the iBooks application.
After that, turn off your iPhone and check iBooks. If everything was done correctly, the downloaded books should appear in the application library.
If the iBooks application does not suit you or you want to read books not only in EPub or PDF, but also in other formats, then you can use third-party applications for reading books. There are quite a lot of such applications, and you can easily find them in the App Store.
One of the most popular applications for reading books on iPhone is the application. This application is distributed free of charge and supports almost all popular e-book formats. In particular, Kybook supports EPUB formats, RTF, PDF, FB2, DJVU, CBR, CHM and others. In general, if you don’t know which book reading application to choose, we recommend trying Kybook first.
Once you have installed the book reading application, you need to load your books into it. To do this, you will again need a computer with iTunes. Connect your iPhone to your computer, launch iTunes and click on the device icon in the upper left corner (screenshot below).
After that, go to the "Shared Files" section.
As a result, a window with two lists will appear in front of you. On the left there will be a list of applications into which you can download files, and on the right there will be a list of files that belong to the selected application. Here in the left list you need to select an application for reading books (in our case it is Kybook).
And then upload books to the selected application using the “Add file” button.
As a result, the books will be loaded into the device’s memory and will become available in the interface of the selected application. Now you can read these books absolutely free using your iPhone.
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Found something on the Internet that you want to read later? Do you need to save something to view it offline? The Safari browser for iOS has a Reading List feature that lets you save pages for later reading. Such pages can be opened at any time, even if the device is not connected to the Internet.
