And to top of it Google Chrome being available for Windows/Linux/as well as Chrome OS, we can synchronise and use the Kindle Reader on Linux and Chrome OS too as the native Kindle Reader/Client isn’t available for them.All the Features such as Bookmarks,highlighting,color changes,search,fontsize,etc work fabulously well and nice with the Google Chrome App.Most of you users might be familiar with the Google Chrome Browser and the loads of apps available on the appstore, Kindle too has its own app on the Store which supports reading from the Cloud as well as reading o ffline from local media/storage.įirst Way ! – Google Chrome App / Kindle Cloud Reader Extension Jutoh).Hey guys, recently i started using Amazon Kindle and all the large collection of e-books which come with it, i found the experience very nice of being able to read my favorite books offline too, hence thought of sharing the 4 ways which i use personally for Kindle Reader online as well as offline. What I’d really like to see on Chrome are tools for ebook organization (e.g.

Even though I don’t use the Chromebooks much for reading, they are good for re-arranging things within those applications, for example, adding tags to articles in Pocket. I do have several of the apps you mention running on my Chromebooks: Readium, Google Play, Kobo, Kindle, Pocket and NYT. Tablets and e-readers are really the tools of choice for e-reading (yeah and smartphones too I guess, especially the phablets). The form factor is awkward, and it tires my eyes to be looking at a bright screen for hours. I’m an enthusiastic user of Chromebooks (I have two), but I don’t really want to read ebooks on them – for the same reason that I don’t like to read ebooks on any laptop. For me the key advantage is that they are practically no-maintenance and virus-free. The use of Chromebooks has really take off in schools, and I can see them becoming very popular with seniors. I think they are a 'sleeper' product which will become more and more popular as people realize how convenient they are for the 90% most common uses (email, watching videos, browsing the web, writing, minor image editing). I’m glad you’re starting to cover Chromebooks, Nate. The above lists are (probably) incomplete, so if you know of an app, extension, website, or service which should be listed here please don’t hesitate to leave a comment. We have far more digital comics options in 2020 than when I first wrote this post. Here are a few compatible RSS feed readers you’ll find in the 'news reporting' category in Google Play, but for this type of service you might be better off using the web browser version of these apps. There are like 50 PDF apps for Chrome, including: In 2020 we have quite a few audiobook apps for Chrome, but if they do not appeal to you, you can try streaming from websites. Also, has no DRM so you could simply download audiobooks there and play them in a media player. In 2020 the list of compatible Android apps is longer, and includes: When I first wrote this post I could find but a single option for reading library ebooks on Chrome (OverDrive). There are in fact over a dozen Epub and PDF apps in Google Play that are compatible with a Chromebook.

Also, my Chromebook came with Play Books. We still don’t have a Kindle app for Chromebooks, but there’s a Nook app and a Kobo app. When I first wrote this post there wasn’t much in the way of true ebook apps for Chrome, but that changed by the time I updated this post in 2020. I haven’t tried it, but I did find instructions on how to pull it off. And for those feeling adventurous, there is also a hack for running any Android app on Chrome. When you get a Chromebook you will be able to browse Google Play for compatible apps. Android is Android and Chrome is Chrome, but did you know that you can install Android apps on Chrome?

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