Your old mobile or tablet can be an excellent electronic book: this is how you can configure it

Before throwing away your old mobile, you can give it many benefitsin this way we help the planet (we do not litter or buy other devices that perform the same function). Personally, I use my personal mobile a lot to read, but since my old tablet became outdated, I have given it a new life. And it’s excellent.

Therefore, we recommend you read this article carefully and keep 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 that function correctly. So let’s see how to configure your old mobile or tablet to turn it into an electronic book.

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

We have talked many times about new uses for mobile phones and tablets, such as using it as a Google Home speaker, to monitor our baby or as a television 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 use online services such as Amazon Kindle, that old device will have a new life. We can pay a subscription or look for books in free download pages.

Settings to read on mobile or tablet comfortably

When using 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 applications we use adapt the content to the screen of your device.
• Use them reading mode or night light 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 so low as to not read. You will find the right point for you in no time.
• organize your library of books to find out where you 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 app to read ebooks, don’t hesitate to buy it. It will provide you with extra functions that you will surely take advantage of.
• Delve into the settings and possibilities of your favorite application. Adapt it to your liking to make your reading moment even more pleasant.

Aside from these tips, one thing I always do when giving old devices a new lease of life is factory resetremove all pre-installed apps, empty your internal memory, and deactivate all those functions that consume battery, such as account or application synchronization. In this way we will prolong the life of your battery and we will make the device move more fluently.

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

Google Books, a safe bet

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

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

Amazon dedicates a part of its efforts to 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 if you wish to Kindle Unlimited.

Kobo Books, millions of books and audiobooks

This app offers a very competent selection of free books. On the other hand, you can always purchase the titles that interest you. In addition, it has synchronization between devices so if you use more than one to read, you will always have the reading progress and all your data updated.

Moon+ Reader, my favorite for its possibilities

Moon+ Reader is my favorite reading app. With support for a huge 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 may page up or down in various ways: with the touch screen, with the volume buttons, among others.
• has several auto-scroll modes making the user not have to use the mobile or tablet.

ReadEra, a reader without ads and free

One of the applications 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’ll be able to start reading all your favorite titles without any problem. Also, this application automatically detects all downloaded books in the internal memory. As simple as that.

Lithium, a simple and cheap alternative

Lithium is a pretty simple app. 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 very useful functions, such as the reading position.

eReader Prestigio makes your library easier to use

This last option has a very good evaluation by users. With a very elegant and visual interface, it supports a multitude of formats. In addition, 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 finish configuring your new electronic book, you will be able to enjoy all the benefits of reading ebooks, such as its price and comfort. Don’t forget to keep your library updated so you don’t miss a thing.

Reuse old devices it makes life easier, we do not spend money unnecessarily and contribute to sustainability. And the experience could not be better thanks to the applications. Enjoy your reading moment!