I am trying to find a good service to read ebooks (preferably for free) but as long as it is a good experience I don’t mind paying. Thanks for your opinion.
What website/app do you use to read ebooks?
Calibre for processing then
- paperwhite: built-in reader
- phone, laptop, table: FBreader
I dedrm my eBooks with calibre and store them on my own NAS. But that’s just for archiving purposes. I read my eBooks on my iPhone with whatever app I bought them, that can be kindle or Apple Books, whatever is more convenient. In the rare case that I actually load one from my archive, or from the Gutenberg archives, or wherever, it’s usually ePub, and therefore Apple Books as a reader.
I also own a kindle device, but find that often more cumbersome, so I use that only in places where I don’t want to take my phone, ie beach or other public spaces where I want to move without much clothing.
Annas-archive.org to get books, ereader prestigio to read them on my phone.
I lost access to one of my Amazon accounts, and it isn’t easy to recover. They give you the option to make a paid international call to recover your account, since I don’t live in the United States. Can’t possibly recommend it. If you lose your account, you lose all the books you bought.
I think kobo identifies your Wi-fi network, but ever since I found out amazon puts you through this, the book buying (actually renting) lost its charm to me.
I would go with whats available freely on the Internet. I use “filetype:pdf” on Google to find books, for example.
Another vote for using your library. I mostly use BorrowBox as that’s what my library hosts their eBooks on. I have used Libby in the past though.
Bookbub is a site that has low cost ebooks that might be worth checking out.
