#e-reading apps

[teleread]

Customizable e-book recs on the opening screen of your e-reading app?

Customizable e-book recs on the opening screen of your e-reading app?

When we open our favorite e-book app, it typically jumps right to the last book we were reading.

That’s handy, but I’d like to see at least one other option when I open the app. How about a reader-customized landing page?

This page should be fully configurable, based exclusively on my particular interests. For example, we all have our favorite genres, topics and authors we like to follow. Let’s…

View On WordPress

[teleread]

Bookari e-reader app update features sync via social media, free backup, tweaks

Bookari e-reader app update features sync via social media, free backup, tweaks

My previous reporting on the new iteration – and rebranding – of Mantano’s ebook reading app Bookari featured promises of new features from Jean-Marie Geffroy, President of Mantano. Now, the latest update to version 4.1 for Bookari Free, my own ePub e-reading platform of choice, looks to be delivering on that commitment.

As you can see from the welcome screen above, Bookari Free now offers…

View On WordPress

[teleread]

The iPad Mini 4: The perfect e-reader for you?

The iPad Mini 4: The perfect e-reader for you?

Last year I switched from an iPad 4 to an iPad Mini 4 and wrote about my new tablet as a great writing device. I still feel that way. What I hadn’t anticipated is that it would become the perfect e-reader as well.

I’ve used many readers, starting with a Handspring Visor(anyone remember those?) back in the 90s. I’ve read on my phone, on various tablets and on E Ink readers like my current Kindle…

View On WordPress