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Google Play Books is cross platform, syncs progress across devices.
I've used it for years and could not be happier with it. It is low on resource usage, but rich in personalization and functionality.
There is a dark mode and app specific brightness level so you minimize battery usage during your reading binge sessions :-)
Google Play Books is as close to a stock equivalent to iBooks.
In the same manner, Google Play Music has the ability to play Podcasts.
For many, those stock solutions meet their needs, others prefer features and functions 3rd parties offer. Together, not the same. :-)
google books app is pretty good and can handle most of what you chuck at it. cross platform and works in your browser so can read on desktop as well, which is good
Both of them are on the Google Play Store.
If you just want a simple and intuitive reader I recommend using Google Books. It usually works like a charm for most tasks.
If you absolutely need text reflow and tons of other features I recommend using Moon Reader.
you can get almost all ebooks in epub format and import it in Google Play Books and play it out loud, the speech is really good, not as good as a real person speaking, but pretty close.
Google play book https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.books
But if you said you couldn't find it then I'm not sure ... That's odd. I suppose think about another thing that may use night light. Any other book reading app ?
I have been using Google play books for a long time, and I am very satisfied. You can upload your own epubs and reading progress is synced across your devices ( I am using a phone and tablet for reading books).
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.books
Try out "play books" by Google.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.books&hl=en_GB
Read any book you like, and learn vocabulary in context. It allows you to add notes anywhere and it has a tap-on-word-to-see-dictionary-definition feature :)
You can also convert any .pdf book you have to ".epub" format, and import it to "play books"
Also do you mean this app...https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.books&hl=en_US
Not really... there is a browser viewer, but it's nothing like the reader app.
Any chance you could try it? Google Play Books
I found it also in the Google apps.. If you'd prefer just to buy a copy (I'm not advertising, but I saw it for $15 there) without a subscription, you could use Google Play Books.
I vaguely remember the app being hidden in some way, probably because Google Books is unavailable in my country either, but once installed, the app has been working perfectly for me. Have you tried opening the direct link from your phone? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.books
Sounds like a question of finding the right reader app. Try Google's Play Books. It's a book reader with a web version for your PC and an Android app for your smartphone (with automatic sync between the two), it allows uploading (via the Android app) your own books in PDF and ePub formats, and it supports highlighting. It's usable even in countries where Google don't sell books.
Since Tachiyomi isn't exactly providing 'legal' ways to read manga (although they do have some plugins for legal sites such as mangaplus), and this subreddit has a rule against advertising rips of official releases, I don't think you will get one in the comments here.
If you are fine with actually paying for the books and thus supporting the industry, leading to more light novels being made, then there are multiple apps for you to use:
- Google play books - Kinda piracy friendly with their ability to upload your own books.
- J-Novel club - Very cheap for the amunt of novels you can read through their subscription.
- Kobo - Like Google play books, but without the ability to upload own ebooks, and apparently with higher quality images.
- Kindle - If you like Amazon or have a kindle.
- Bookwalker - Cheap books with their weird coin thingy, but they also have the hardest DRM, restricting you to only reading on android/ios/mac/windows and only through the bookwalker app.
As for how to pirate the books, you should probably learn to do that yourself. It isn't that hard.
I don't think there has been enough demand for a app for fantranslations that one has been made, and if you wanna read officially translated novels for free, you would be breaking rule 7.
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As for apps for reading officially translated novels:
Android:
IOS
For officially translated novels:
Some examples of stores to buy from:
Android:
IOS
Epub is only used if you want to download the books from the book store or if you are doing piracy. In the case you want to download from the book store, you only have a limited set of choices, which would be J-Novel club, Google play books and Kobo.
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Here is how to do it:
- Monkey goes to app store/google play and downloads their favorite bookstore.
- Monkey finds book they want.
- Monkey clicks purchase.
- Monkey inserts credit card and other payment info.
- Monkey receives book and can start reading.
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Not sure if there is any good apps for light novels that aren't officially translated.
Google Play Books? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.books
Epub readers I use and working perfectly with the compilation
EPUBReader Addon for Firefox (has no global search function, I use Adobe Acrobat Reader on PC)
EPUBReader Addon for Chrome
Google Play Books App for Android
Moon+ Reader Pro App for Android (not free but best app by far if you are a heavy reader)
The Epub and and PDF have a table of content with all chapters.
It runs Android 5.1, so you've got all those apps to draw on. I like the Google Play Books app for reading ePUBs that I sideload with Calibre. It has all kinds of color/font combos for finding the best view for conditions.
The 7" 1024 x 600 TN screen won't be the best for comic books though. I used ComicRack Free, but there may be better apps. My Nexus 7 is the same size as your Y210, but my resolution is higher. I found myself pinching and zooming and having issues when the comic uses unusual panel flow.
Google play books also has a true black background while reading
Even though it isn't as convenient, I have quite closely achieved the same with my Samsung phone (Note 2), using Google Play Books and Popup Japanese Dictionary.
To get it work, you just enable the Popup app (I tend to only use it with Play books) and open your book file. Select the word you wanna know, and a Play books' popup will appear with several options:
1) Select "copy" (symbol of two squares) and the dictionary popup will appear in a moment. It's kind of like rikaikun for Chrome, you just have to copy the word you wanna know to get the popup.
2) Play books also has Google translate (symbol 文A) but it's not nearly as good and it only shows the translation without the reading. Also please keep in mind that the Popup dictionary app isn't probably as good with recognizing words, so you need to know what part to copy/not to copy. I also noted that it's not as fast as Kindle's popup dictionary. You can customize the popup color and size in the app's settings.
Select the word after you have enabled the Popup app. <strong>Hit 'copy'</strong>
and the dictionary popup will come
or you can just use Google translate (symbol 文A)
edited a bit to make the post easier to understand
I'm not sure about reading apps or if this helps, but I'm pretty sure either an Android Tablet or iPad can be good options:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.books&gl=US
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/apple-books/id364709193
That being said, I do play games on my ipad. Not really Nancy Drew games, but being subscribed to the Arcade ($5US/Month, it comes with a one month free trial), there's plenty of options, and games that I can purchase, like Kathy Rain.
If you're reading epubs, I would suggesting just using Google Play Books, which lets you manage your books on other platforms, upload, etc. and then download via Play Books to your tablet. I do this. Before I started using this, I was very happy with Moon+ Reader -- I started with the free version and quickly went to Pro. It'll handle a lot more filetypes, while Google Play Books is just epubs.
You can feed Moon+ Reader with Calibre, but Calibre's not really built for auto-sync. Neither is Google Play Books, for that matter. So I'm not sure of an option on that front. Calibre was, IIRC, fussy about detecting tablets and such when connected; be sure to connect and unlock the tablet to the PC before loading Calibre.
Here is some examples of digital bookstores sorted by supported phone brand:
Android:
IOS
If you are looking for books without drm, then I can recommend the following:
J-Novel Club (Has a nice subscription where you can read different novels each month, they also offers their own ebooks for sale, no DRM),
TentaiBooks (offers their own ebooks for sale, no DRM)
Google Play Books (Ebook store, with ability to upload own ebooks/pdfs, DRM is easily removed),
Kobo (Ebook store, DRM is easily removed)
Chrome? I said Play Books... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.books
And what book format are you using?. pdf? Or .Mobi?
Also, Google Play Books has a built in translation feature.
Google Play Books ticks all those boxes. (Note: I haven't tried it on iOS but I know they have an iOS app.)
Both have the free-and-excellent Google Play Books app & ecosystem. You can upload epub books to your account, and then sync them to any device you install the Play Books app. It even syncs current reading position.
All of this for $0.
I've been using Google Play Books for several years now. It should have all the features you've mentioned in the comments. I used Aldiko for several years before that.
For comics specifically, I've used Perfect Viewer for several years. I've never tried it with an epub, but it supports them so it's worth looking into. The way you read comics on mobile is pretty different from the way you read books, so a standard book-style ereader app might not have features you want for comics.
Another test with link.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.books
This comment has a Play Store link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.books
If price is a concern, I would recommend something like Play Books which has apps for Android and iOS, and works on browsers (with an app for Chrome).
Like most ebook sites, the books can be cheaper than paperbacks, many are free, there's sales every so often etc. The benefit of that is that you can synch across devices and make use of the technology you already have.
I got a basic Kindle which was in my price-range, and it's fine, but the screen can be a bit temperamental in turning the pages and the text isn't always as clear as I'd like (my friend's updated Kindle Paperwhite is better in this regard).
What was great, though, is that once I got that I then found and installed the Kindle app on my Android phone, and then found one for my computer too. I can read books in colour and look at pictures on a bigger screen, or just flick through a book in bed on my phone while it's charging and use that as the 'backlight'. The Kindle I use for long journeys or wait times when I don't want to or can't drain resources from other tech. It all synchs up, too, so you'll get "The furthest you've read of this is page 655 from your 2nd Android device. Go to that page?" and there you are right where you left off. :)
Sorry, google play books:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.books
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Even though it isn't as convenient, I have quite closely achieved the same with my Samsung phone (Note 2), using Google Play Books and Popup Japanese Dictionary.
To get it work, you just enable the Popup app (I tend to only use it with Play books) and open your book file. Select the word you wanna know, and a Play books' popup will appear with several options:
1) Select "copy" (symbol of two squares) and the dictionary popup will appear in a moment. It's kind of like rikaikun for Chrome, you just have to copy the word you wanna know to get the popup.
2) Play books also has Google translate (symbol 文A) but it's not nearly as good and it only shows the translation without the reading. Also please keep in mind that the Popup dictionary app isn't probably as good with recognizing words, so you need to know what part to copy/not to copy. I also noted that it's not as fast as Kindle's popup dictionary. You can customize the popup color and size in the app's settings.
Select the word after you have enabled the Popup app. <strong>Hit 'copy'</strong>
and the dictionary popup will come
or you can just use Google translate (symbol 文A)
Also I recommend to get Aedict 3 for android. Much better than JED, and even though it isn't free I would have gladly payed more. It's a very good dictionary with lots of options.