Robot Readers: E-Reader apps and ebooks for Android

By Thomas Newton on Wednesday, 28th July 2010 :: Page 1

While we at Recombu are comitted to preserving an analogue life to a certain degree, we have a sneaking admiration for ebooks. It’s convenient to carry around multiple titles in your pocket, it's good for trees as fewer of them are pulped and you can read whatever you want on the train without people judging you for indulging your guilty literary pleasures.

With Stieg Larsson’s Millenium Trilogy of books passing the 1 million mark on Amazon’s Kindle, we decided to take a wander around the Android Market to see what its booksellers had to offer today’s discerning readers.

While we found a large number of ebook readers and apps in the Market we’ve been meticulous in our selection process. We were especially dubious about the legality of some of the e-readers; one in particular was giving away books by someone called J.K. Rolin about a wizard called Harry potter (with a lower case ‘p’). For free.

Potentially illegal apps aside, we’ve rounded up five of the best ways to enjoy accessing and reading ebooks on your Android device.