Thanks to bigger and bigger size, tablets and smartphones are becoming
more suitable for reading eBooks compared to PC, for example,Nexus 7.
For those who prefer to read books on Android tablet, selecting a great
ebook Reader Android app is very important. Here I will suggest best 5
free ebook Reader app for Android.
1.Aldiko Book Reader(
Rated:4.3)
Supported Formats: ePub, PDF and Adobe DRM encrypted eBooks
Aldiko Book Reader is a very simple android app for people, and
you may find that most Android devices will pre-installed the it.With
the user-friendly interface, you just need to load the books on your
phone and create your bookmarks freely. Aldiko can automatically
remember your reading position which can bring you back to where you
left off.Besides, the app includes in-shopping experience with huge
catalogs of eBooks.
Aldiko comes both in free and premium versions($2.99),but for the basic reading, you needn't to buy the premium version.
2.
Kobo(
Rated:4.2)
Supported formats:ePUB, PDF, Mobi, Txt, HTML and RTF
For people who want to look for the quality free e-books,
Kobo is
the best way to go.Featuring over 1.8 million free e-books, you can just
get big pleasure of these freebies.Of course, there are millions of
paid eBooks as well to allow you to browser from the new releases to
classical.
In addition, you can share what you think about the book you have read
with your friend to Facebook and build your own library.You need to
either sign in with your existing Kobo account or to create an account.
3.
Kindle(
Rated:4.2)
Supported formats: Kindle Books
Needless to say,Kindle is the most well known name for eBook reader.It
not only offers free and paid eBooks,also, you can enjoy the magazines
or newspapers from Kindle's store.One of the special feature of it is it
has a built-in dictionary that allows you to look up words instantly
while you’re reading your eBooks.Better, you can even borrow ebooks from
your local library and have them delivered wirelessly to your Kindle
app.
However, the interface of the app is not that good and kind of boring.Whatever, it is a great app for reading eBooks.
4.
EBookDroid(
Rated:4.6)
Supported formats:PDF, DjVu, XPS (OpenXPS), comics books (cbz,cbr), FictionBook (fb2, fb2.zip)
EbookDroid is a open source (GPL) app which can not only add bookmarks
like most other readers in the market, but also give the outline of an
ebook that doesn't have a table of contents.Apart from that, you can
also jump to a page with standard "go to" feature.The best feature is
the inclusion of OPDS catalog feeds, that means, you need to feed in the
alias, URL, and authentication details to view an online catalog such
as feedbooks.
Don't reading scanned books with this app as it will take a long time to
load.In a word, the app is very nice,but if you just want to watch the
common books, then just skip it.
5.
FBReader(
Rated:4.7)
Supported formats:epub, rtf, fb2 (.zip), mobi,plain text formats
FBReader is also the simle e-book reader app for your Android
device with a straight, no-nonsense look.It has a browser/downloader for
network e-book catalogs/stores or you can just download books manually
and put them into /sdcard/Books catalog on your device.Also, the app is
integrated with external dictionaries such as Fora Dictionary,
FreeDictionary.org, LEO dictionary,etc.
FBReader can support multiple files and you can read them whichever font
you choose to install.If you like this, then check out it.
6.
Cool Reader(
Rated:4.7)
Supported formats:eepub (non-DRM), fb2, doc, txt, rtf, html, chm, tcr, pdb, prc, mobi (non-DRM), pml
Designed to only read books,
Cool Reader is very bare bones and
basic, lacking any kind of shelf or main interface.The app has a clean
white background and a old book type background by default.You can
change them by going into the options menu.You can read books both in
landscape and potrait mode and easily take notes and look words up in
the dictionary.
Cool Reader just gives the impression of being very simplistic to
people, and for a simple eBook reader app, this one worth to be check
out.
