Nowadays you no longer have to go to the library to get your reading material. Practically all books are now available digitally. Reading books online is therefore a good way to help fulfill your New Year’s resolution to read more. We have 5 tips for the best way to read books online.
Buy or rent e-books
You can rent e-books online if you have a library subscription. The Koninklijke Bibliotheek app then gives you access to all available e-books. If you do not have a library subscription, you can also buy e-books via the established platforms such as Bol.com, Kobo or Kindle. You will also regularly find sales on these platforms, so keep an eye on your favorite titles to see if you can score them at a discount.
The right apps
If you are considering purchasing an e-reader, it can pay off to invest in an e-reader that can read multiple file types. E-books are often downloaded in a .epub file, but some books are only available in a .pdf or .mobi file. If you are an avid reader, it will help if you can open all these files. In addition, you can often just download books on your e-reader that you can immediately open and read.
Do you read books on your tablet, smartphone or laptop? Then you need to make sure you have the correct apps installed to open your eBook files. This is resolved fairly quickly for a tablet or telephone. Several e-book apps are available in the app store and Playstore, such as the Ebookreader app or the app of the Royal Library. Would you like to read an e-book on your laptop? Then Abobe Digital Editions is good software for this – the right apps
Free e-books
Would you like to read free e-books? Then there are various options for downloading free e-books. So has Bol.com for example a fairly extensive range! Here you can download e-books in both Dutch and English. Also in the Google Playstore, you’ll find quite a few free e-books that you can simply download to read on your device of choice.
Reading old books
If you want to brush up on your knowledge of Dutch literature, the site of the Digital Library for Dutch literature a good place to start. It contains a lot of books in complete form. The great thing is that you don’t even have to have a separate app for this. If you are looking for a writer, you can click on a book of your choice under ‘titles’ and read chapter by chapter. This only works with old books whose copyright has expired over the years. Think for example of Louis Couperus or Multatuli. You can try the same trick for old titles that are on Google Books stand.
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