If you are a compulsive reader or you like to have an alternative to both game and you forgot to load / take the kindle, we propose a series of recent applications that become both eBooks to Android smartphones as Apple’s iPhone (and no, it is not iBooks, Amazon Kindle and Google Play Books).
It was a November 19, 2007, when the world of literature underwent the biggest revolution since the Pocket editions. Because basically it was the day that Amazon revolutionized for always the way to read thanks to your eBook Kindle, an electronic book that allowed in a device no bigger than a literary Pocket Edition not only one, but hundreds and thousands of books that were loaded via the USB connection or the option to purchase them and download them from an Amazon account.
Defenders and detractors, the Kindle started a new way of reading that it has spread to other formats. And although our smartphones do not share screen e-ink having Amazon devices, if benefiting from current trends of large screens at the same time that several applications that turn them into eBooks. Whether you like to read in them, as if you have forgotten you recharge your Kindle, here you have several apps for Android and iOS:
Marvin (iOS only)
An alternative to the famous and by default Apple iBooks, Marvin is an eBook reader with an uncluttered interface that allows you to read DRM-free EPUB books, and has a good selection of sources and unlimited selection of fonts and background colors. With it you can control the warmth and the dye apart from brightness to read at night, with gestures customizable as slide to control brightness and warmth, of page, jump to brands and chapters, etc. It works on iPhone and iPad and costs € 3.99.
WP-Appbox: Marvin – eBook reader for epub (€3.99*, App Store) →
Moon + Reader (only Android)
With such suggestive title, this exclusive Android app has support for epub, pdf, mobi, chm, cbr, cbz, umd, fb2, txt, html, rar, zip, or DPOs and comes with more than 10 themes incorporated including day and night switching mode, various types of page change: using the touch screen, volume and camera keys, search or BACKSPACE keys. And 5 modes of auto-desplazamiento: covering the text read, by pixel, by line or by page; speed control in real time. Maybe next to your choices “Maintain the health of your eyes” for extended periods of reading, is that it has a free version as well as another payment that removes banner ads.
WP-Appbox: Moon + Reader (free, Google Play) →
NeoSoar (Android and iOS)
Another app free and also compatible with both operating systems, NeoSoar has compatibility with eBook as PDF, ePub and Adobe DRM ebooks and presents an interface uncluttered with features such as sorting by categories, underlined in several cut-off, translator, dictionary and ability to sync with Dropbox. The best thing is that it also brings two free books: the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and the Great Gatsby, but that Yes, in English.
WP-Appbox: NeoSoar eBooks PDF & ePub reader (free, Google Play) →
WP-Appbox: NeoSoar eBooks, PDF & ePub reader (free, App Store) →
Universal Book Reader (only Android)
Elegant and easy to use, e-book reading application Universal Book Reader is free and exclusive Android and allows a customizable reading experience by adjusting the font size and the type of customization, multiple display modes for easy reading day or night, adjust brightness, and page orientation settings. It has built-in file browser to navigate quickly and import your own EPUB and PDF files from the memory card in the device, and also to import whole folders of e-books, and the library view allows you to add new shelves, select several books, list or grid view, and navigate through your collection.
WP-Appbox: Universal Book Reader (free*, Google Play) →
Kybook (iOS only)
Able to read formats such as EPUB, FB2, RTF, PDF, DJVU, CHM, CBR, CBZ, MP3, M4A, M4B, this free iOS app looks simple and clear very customizable allowing up to use our own sources to read. Kybook is integrated into Google Books, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive and Yandex Disc, being able to choose cover and adjust a large number of parameters, from the reading horizontal/vertical to the use of social networks such as Facebook or Twitter.
WP-Appbox: KyBook – EPub, FB2, PDF, DjVu Reader (free*, App Store) →
The article makes your smartphone in eBook with these apps was published in MovilZona.