Tag: Tools
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10 bookshops you can visit right now using Google Street View
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There are more and more bookshops on Google Street View – they offer interior tours powered by Google Street technology.
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NewsToEbook turns your feeds into an ebook
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If you prefer reading recent news on your Kindle or in a book-reading app, you’ll find this little tool very handy. NewsToEbook converts your feeds into an ebook file: mobi (for Kindle) or epub (for most other e-readers and e-reading apps). There are two ways to add feeds: 1. Enter the feed manually Simply visit…
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Over a million illustrations from classic books are free to use and remix
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We’ve picked up 35 from over 1 million fantastic vintage images that are free to use and remix by anyone.
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The ultimate list of educational websites
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In a mood to learn something? You can find any piece of information on the web. What’s more, you can attend an online course, find language tools, download a free ebook, or find out how to make something by yourself. Fucking Homepage has a handy list of most useful educational websites, and below you’ll see…
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How to automatically archive quotes from ebooks in a single document
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One of the biggest benefits of ebooks is that you can instantly highlight text passages and add notes to them. What you can do with these extras depends on the app you use. Some ebook reading devices and applications don’t allow to send highlights and notes via email, but some, like Marvin app for iPhone…
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Looking for a font similar to Kindle’s Caecilia? Get Sanchez Regular
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A font you set up in an e-reading app can be as addictive as a smell of a print book. You just can’t imagine you can read a book without it. For some time I’ve used Kindle Touch, but I also set up Caecilia as a default font on my iPhone’s Kindle app, which I…
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A quick way to read epub files in a web browser
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There is no need to install a separate app or a browser extension, if you want to read epub files on your PC or Mac computer. If you have a Google account, you can do it using Google Play Books browser viewer. Adding a file to a Google Play book library is easy. Simply go to…
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Instant translation is a killer feature of Google Play Books
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I was disappointed when Google launched the ebookstore back in December 2010. The iOS app suffered early-stage errors, but most of all the store was only available in the United States. There is, however, a single feature that makes the Google reading ecosystem extremely useful for non-English users like me: instant translation. When Google Play…
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Get new ebooks from Project Gutenberg once a day to your inbox
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Project Gutenberg is our favorite source of free ebooks that have entered public domain. Currently there are over 42 thousand ebooks in several formats, including the ones that are compatible with Kindle (mobi), as well as Nook, Kobo or iBooks (epub). The site offers an RSS feed of books recently added to the catalog or…
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How to quickly translate words in Kindle app
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If English is not your primary language, but if you want to read in it as much as you can, you will find this simple tip useful. The trick is really fast and is using the feature to look up reference in Google web search. You can translate words in Kindle app (iOS, Android, other platforms,…
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How to add any web page to saved items on Feedly
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Feedly is an advanced service that combines RSS feed management (via Google Reader) with a smart content discovery. Feedly’s Save for Later feature is synced with Google Reader’s stars. As Google’s news reading tool will be retired on July 1, more and more people flock to other RSS-reading platforms, and Feedly is by far the…
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Browse major news sites directly from Google search
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Do you know you can search major news sites like The Forbes directly from Google? When you start typing the site’s name, on top of search results an entry with sitelinks will appear. It’s easy to miss the last thing, but it’s there: a search box that lets you perform a site-specific search without visiting…