Additional Apps for Reading

The following list is of apps I use and the leading five apps I listed (Kindle, Audible, Apple Books, Instapaper and Readwise).

Comixology

If you’re into comics and graphic novels (and why not? They can be fun and just as thought-provoking as any novel), then the comic equivalent of Kindle is Comixology (also now owned by Amazon). It is both store and reader, so any comics bought on Amazon can appear here.

Panels

Continuing with comics, like with books, any third-party digital comics I’ve bought elsewhere than Amazon/Comixology, I used this app to view them. Comixology will only work with comics bought within their ecosystem.

Calibre

Organising all my reading material, as far as books, e-books etc., has been a constant struggle. I want to find the ideal app to organise it all and tie it into all the different independent and proprietary stores and apps that I have in my libraries of reading material. The only thing that comes close is Calibre. I’ve used it off and on for years. It has a reader for open e-book standards and has built-in converters to change one format to another.

It can also be set up as a server to have your online reading library access anywhere. It’s also fiddly to set up, and it doesn’t automatically sync with your Kindle library, so you’d have to add things manually. But as far as organising your e-books, it’s the best out there. The alternative (and something I may be looking into) is to roll your library system.

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