How to read ebooks with Android

The ever-increasing size of smartphone displays and the presence of the zoom now allow anyone to read any type of ebook. Even brightness is no longer a problem: just set the contrast to maximum during the day and activate the night lighting at night.

Read ebooks with Android thanks to Google Play Books that allows you to synchronize books with all your electronic devices is very easy. First of all there are many apps dedicated to reading and then it is already integrated into the operating system, so you don't need to register to upload or make purchases.

All your books don't just stay in the memory of your mobile device, they are shared in the Google cloud, allowing you to continue reading from your computer or tablet where you left off. Finally, the Google library, which you access directly from the app, offers you thousands of books in Spanish, a good percentage of which are free or on offer. 

Read on to find out how to read ebooks with Android.

After starting Play Libri, tap on the icon with the three horizontal lines to open the main menu from where you can choose to view your books or buy one from the Play Store Books.

From the main menu you can also open the Settings window and choose whether to download ebooks only via Wifi and save the notes in Google Drive. I could also activate the loading of PDF documents. By tapping on My library the books will be displayed in chronological order of opening. Each ebook can also be saved locally or read from the cloud.

After opening a book, you will automatically be taken to where you came from, even if you are on another device. By tapping in the center, you can view the thumbnails of the pages and quickly scroll back and forth.

By holding down one or more words, you can enter a note, read its translation or check its meaning. You can also highlight a part of the text and search for all occurrences of a word in the book or directly on the web.

How to buy on Play Store Books

To buy on Play Store Libri you must first of all go to the Menu main by Play Books on Buy Now to open the Google book store. Here you will find the latest news and the books recommended by Big G. Then there are the various sections of the books and those on offer starting from € 2,99.

Before proceeding with the purchase and then with the reading of the ebook you can choose to read the first chapters to get an idea of ​​the content. To do this, just tap on Preview and part of the book will be downloaded. At the end you can decide to buy it or delete it.

Among the features present in the menu of each book, there is Read aloud, that is, the possibility of listening to the reading of the book. It is a synthetic voice that is useful if we are in the car or in other situations where it is not possible to read.

The Spanish language is present as a standard setting but you may still decide to download one of the more than 50 available. From Settings tap su Language and Input and find the language you are interested in. It is possible to select High quality voice but then you will need an internet connection.