Your old mobile or tablet can be a great e-book: here’s how you can set it up

Before you throw away your old mobile, you can give it many uses, this way we help the planet (we don’t throw garbage or buy other devices that perform the same function). Personally, I use my personal laptop a lot to read, but since my old tablet became obsolete i gave it a new life. And it’s great.

Therefore, we recommend that you read this article carefully and retain all your old devices as they may have a new utility. Sometimes it is not worth investing money in acquiring new equipment if the old ones can perform this function well. So let’s see how to configure your old mobile or tablet to turn it into an e-book.

Use your old mobile or tablet as an e-book, give it a new life

We’ve talked many times about new uses for cell phones and tablets, like using it as a Google Home speaker, to monitor our baby, or as a TV remote. However, one of the simplest utilities is use them as an ebook reader.

Thanks to the capacity of our devices, we will be able to host an infinite number of electronic books or e-books. Whether we have the file of the book in question or we use online services like Amazon’s Kindle, this old device will have a new life. One can pay for a subscription or search for books on free download pages.

Parameters to read comfortably on mobile or tablet

When you use your old mobile or tablet to read, you must take into account a series of factors important things that make the experience more satisfying:

• Don’t worry about your eyesight: the apps we use adapt content to your device’s screen.
• Use the reading or sleep mode to give a warm touch to the panel, your eyes will thank you.
• Adjust the brightness to the brightness of the room you are in. That it is neither too high nor too low not to read. You will find the right stitch for you in no time.
• organize your library books to find out where you have stayed and what books you have available.
• Try all the apps we recommend (even a few more, if you have time). Choose the one you like and with which you feel most comfortable.
• If you like an application to read ebooks, don’t hesitate to buy it. It will provide you with additional functions which you will surely take advantage of.
• Dive into the settings and possibilities of your favorite app. Adapt it to your liking to make your reading moment even more enjoyable.

Besides these tips, one thing I always do when giving new life to old devices is return to factory settingsremove all pre-installed applications, empty your internal memory and disable all functions that consume battery, such as account or application synchronization. In this way we will extend the life of your battery and we will make the device move more smoothly.

Seven must-have apps to turn your old device into an eBook

Google Books, a safe bet

Google always has a tool for every goal. In this case, it offers us a very complete application and with a clean design. You can buy books, comics and covers there. When you finish reading a title, it will know what to recommend, making the experience very simple, yet effective.

Amazon’s Kindle, one of the largest libraries and a very intuitive application

Amazon devotes part of its efforts to the Kindle. A range of devices and an application for reading ebooks. With millions of books (and growing), the app will let you read and adjust the reading experience to your liking. You can subscribe to Kindle Unlimited if you wish.

Kobo Books, millions of books and audiobooks

This application offers a very competent selection of free books. On the other hand, you can always buy the securities that interest you. Plus, it has cross-device syncing, so if you use more than one to read, you’ll always have reading progress and all your data updated.

Moon+ Reader, my favorite for its possibilities

Moon+ Reader is my favorite reading app. Supporting a large number of formats, it is also compatible with some online libraries. Among the most useful features in my opinion, the following stand out:

• It has more than ten themes, including a Day and Night switching mode.
• You can page up or down in different ways: with the touch screen, with the volume buttons, among others.
• several auto-scroll modes avoiding the user to use the mobile or the tablet.

ReadEra, an ad-free and free reader

One of the nominations top rated for reading ebooks from your device. With support for all kinds of formats such as PDF, EPUB, DOC, DOCX, MOBI, FB2, TXT and ODT, you can start reading all your favorite titles without any problem. Moreover, this application automatically detects all the books downloaded in the internal memory. As simple as that.

Lithium, a simple and inexpensive alternative

Lithium is a fairly simple application. You will find the downloaded books and it has an interface based on Material Design. However, it is worth paying for its Pro version to unlock some very useful functions, like reading position.

eReader Prestigio makes using your library easy

This last option has a very good rating by users. With a very elegant and visual interface, it supports a multitude of formats. Moreover, if you create an account, you will be able to synchronize reading between devices and access its store with more than 50,000 books. It has a very useful utility: access your Google Drive or Dropbox accounts to find the books you’ve uploaded to the cloud.

When you’re done setting up your new eBook, you’ll be able to enjoy all the benefits of reading eBooks, such as its price and comfort. Don’t forget to keep your library up to date so you don’t miss anything.

Reuse old devices it makes life easier, we do not spend money unnecessarily and contribute to sustainability. And the experience couldn’t be better thanks to apps. Enjoy your reading time!