Amazon Kindle Alternatives

Amazon Kindle is described as 'The Kindle app puts millions of books, magazines, newspapers, comics, and manga at your fingertips' and is a very popular Ebook Reader in the news & books category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Amazon Kindle for a variety of platforms, including Android, iPhone, iPad, Web-based and Android Tablet apps. The best Amazon Kindle alternative is calibre, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Amazon Kindle are Librera Reader, KOReader, Project Gutenberg and Book's Story.

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Amazon Kindle alternatives are mainly Ebook Readers, but if you're looking for Ebook Libraries or PDF Readers you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source, iPad, Windows, Android and Mac. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Amazon Kindle.
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  1. A simple read-out-loud application that enables you to listen to the content of text files, EPUB e-books and PDF documents using one of the installed voices.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
     
  2. FullReader icon
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    FullReader is a multifuctional reader app for Android. It supports various file formats and offers adjustable settings, Day/ Night reading modes, Reading the text out loud due to TTS, access to online libraries and integration with cloud storages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  3. illuminsight icon
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    💡 illuminsight 👀 effortlessly generates insights for selected text within your EPUB-format books, showing you relevant, contextualized data at a glance.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  4. PerfectReader is a powerful PDF Reader & Annotator.

    Features

    PDF ANNOTATING The long-awaited feature now comes to PerfectReader 2. You now can mark up texts (highlight, underline, strikeout), handwrite with the Ink tool, create Sticky Notes, and make FreeTexts. Annotation.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  5. Find recent book summaries in a simple interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. Get a beautiful white label eReader platform for your company. Your look-and-feel, your url, and your publications will be integrated into our first-class iOS and Android apps. Your EPUBs will be distributed to users as you choose through our professional cloud distribution...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  7.  1 like

    Kindlian is a cool add-on for your Kindle. It's a desktop app that allows to view and manage Kindle books and collections. It works on Windows XP/Vista/7/8 and supports Kindle 3, 4, 5, Touch, and Paperwhite. A Mac OS X version is planned, but not yet available.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Albite READER icon
     13 likes

    Albite Reader is an open-source e-book reader for Java Mobile released under the Apache 2.0 License and developed by Svetlin Ankov.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Java Mobile
    • Symbian S60
     
  9. Marvin icon
     2 likes

    Marvin is an eBook reader for people who are passionate about their books. Get Marvin and find out why readers are calling it "the most brilliant eReader to come out in a long time"

    49 Marvin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  10. QReader icon
     6 likes

    QReader allows to read texts on smartphones (electronic books - eBooks). It is the high quality book reader, easy and powerful.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Symbian S60
     
  11. MagicScroll icon
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    MagicScroll is an elegant and very convenient Web App which allows you to read eBooks in your browser without installing any extra software on your computer. The service don’t require any kind of registration and it is completely free to use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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