With the iPad’s release just around the corner and Amazon’s Kindle making it big in the market, ebook readers are set to make a big splash to the mass market. Still, with all these devices coming in, the software element of finding and purchasing e-books has to be addressed. New alternatives to Amazon and the upcoming Apple book store will have to come up. One of the cool online alternatives is Onread.
Onread is an e-book download store where you can read whole books for free online. For 99 cents (USD), Onread lets you download a book directly in various formats: .rtf, .txt, .pdf, .epub, .PalmDOC, .FB2, .lrf, and in some cases, as .mp3 audiobooks.
The website interface is fairly straightforward. The main page displays the bestselling and most recent books as well as the top genres and authors. Onread offers various book genres which include arts & photography, comics & graphic novels, literature & fiction, science, romance, travel, and many more. You can also search for book titles to check if Onread has them. The site offers a synopsis of the book to give you an idea of what it is about. Furthermore, users can rate the books or submit reviews to the website.
One of the best features of Onread is that you can actually read the full books that they offer online before you decide to buy them. The online reading interface is actually very easy to use and read on. It lets you adjust the reading layout, change the font, and even save bookmarks so you can go back from where you left off. You basically have a library of e-books that you can easily access online for free.
You can read a page of the DaVinci Code from Onread to see what I mean.
To purchase ebooks, just register for an Onread account then load up with either $10, $40, or $90 credits. After that you are now set to download all the books you want until you have used up your credits.
With its cheapest ebook rates and full online preview, Onread certainly lets you get the most out of your buck.
Features:
- Buy the cheapest ebooks online at only 99 cents.
- Download the books in various formats.
- Offers a wide array of book genres.
- View the top books for each genre.
- Search for books.
- Read the books online.
- Rate books and submit your own book reviews.
- Subscribe to RSS feeds.
Check out OnRead @ www.onread.com