Don't let the app revolution stop you from being a bibliophile. Aside from iBooks and Google Play Books, here are 7 must-have apps for techie bookworms:
Discover new books based on your taste, rate and review any book from Goodreads' catalog of over 12 million books. You can even add books on your "to-read" list by using the barcode scanner. Social connectivity also lets you share and recommend books to your friends.
Customize your reading experience by adjusting the brightness, background color, font type, size, and margin. Free book sample helps you decide before purchasing by letting you read the first chapter of the book. You can even search inside the book to find a chapter, topic, or section you want to revisit. If you have Kindle on multiple devices, its Whispersync technology ensures that your progress is synced across all devices.
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Aldiko (FREE)
Android
Aldiko is one of the best reading platforms for Android. It offers a fully-customizable reading experience by allowing you to adjust font size, font type, font and background colors, margin, alignment, line spacing as well as brightness. It also supports night-time reading.
Stumbled upon an interesting article while browsing through your social media feed? Save it for reading later using Pocket. With Pocket, you can save articles, videos and access them later even without Internet connection. It's perfect for voracious readers on-the-go. You can even add tags so you can categorize each saved article for a more organized reading list.
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Weird But True (FREE)
iOS
Impress your friends with random facts by downloading National Geographic's Weird But True app. Its fun, colorful, and interactive format will definitely keep kids and kids-at-heart entertained. Search facts about animals, science, space, and more using the Fact Finder.
Manga Meow is a manga reader app for downloading, reading and collecting manga from sources including MangaReader.net and Mangafox. Search manga easily by author or title or filter by genres, status. It supports offline reading as well as background download while you're reading.
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Bookworm Heroes (FREE)
iOS
Put your vocabulary to test by playing head-to-head with your friends in Bookworm Heroes! Play as Lex the Bookworm or play as famous characters like Hamlet or Polyphemus. Use your words as weapon by forming bigger and longer words to inflict more damage to your opponent. You can even choose a powerful sidekick pet to aid you in your battle.
What other apps are indispensable to your bibliophile heart? Share it in the comments section!
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