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The Best EBook Apps

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In the past people used to visit bookstores, local libraries or news vendors to purchase books and newspapers. With digitalization many opt to use eBooks and pdfs rather than traditional books and papers.

If you're into reading books on your phone you might wonder which the best eBook apps are on the market. As there is quite a variety of eBook apps around, you need to decide which features are most important to you, for example:

· Autosave mode.

· Annotation, highlighting and commenting.

· Synchronization on different devices.

· Ability to operate on a variety of devices like PC, Android, iOS, iPad and others.

· Open different file formats like TXT and PDF.

· Customizable settings like font size and brightness.

Amazon Kindle

If you love to spend your free time reading, Amazon Kindle is a good eBook app for you. The app is completely customizable allowing you to alter the settings to match your preferences. It's compatible with all eBook formats and offers access to an extensive selection of eBooks in the market. The built-in dictionary helps you understand vocabulary, you can customize light, font and other settings, and the preview feature allows you to group books in the desired style before purchase. It's also compatible with a wide variety of devices like PC, smartphone, iPhones and iPad.

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Calibre

For students seeking the best app for reading standards, Calibre by open source is the best. The app displays current chapters and paragraphs with the help of the reference mode making citation easy. The flow mode saves you the time of scrolling across pages.It does support Amazon formats, but the only disadvantage noticeable with Calibre is that it cannot open protected Kindle books and files.

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Aldiko EBook Reader

The Aldiko eBook app is the perfect PDF and ePub formats reader. The app is fantastic when it comes to memory saving since it has no autosave mode available on other devices. This ensures no hidden or unwanted files get saved to your device. Like the Kindle and calibre apps, Aldiko allows you to customize settings and appearance. If you find a specific book interesting, you manually import it to the app shelves to access it later.

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Icecream EBook Reader

This fantastic eBook reader supports commonly available eBook formats like EPUB, PDF and FB2 among others. As you import books to its shelves, they are chronologically arranged for easy selection and access. The Icecream app allows you to archive and import eBooks from different sites. Customization is easy since you only click a single button for specific changes. For premium features like metadata editing or copying texts, you need the premium version. It's fit for recreational reading. The only disadvantages with the app are that it has no annotation and can't read Kindle books.

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NOOK EBook App

Nook is the fantastic eBook app giving you access to over four million eBooks from different sellers around the globe. NOOK allows you access the best titles and articles with an additional expert recommendation on bestselling eBooks. With this app you have access to eBooks, kids' books, magazines, novels, articles and comic graphics along with more fantastic artworks. The automatic synchronization feature allows you to access your files in different devices picking up from your last point.

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Wattpad

Wattpad has an internal browser which makes it easy for you to search for different books available online from your reading app. It has a simple user interface which makes navigation across different eBooks easy. It has customizable features like text background color and font size adjustment. You can download eBooks in chapters with the Wattpad app. It is the best app for light readers.