Bookmate

Bookmate

Bookmate is an ebook subscription service that gives users unlimited access to over 1 million ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines. It has apps for iOS, Android, and web, allowing users to sync their library across devices.
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Bookmate: Ebook Subscription Service

Unlimited access to 1 million ebooks, audiobooks & magazines, with apps for iOS, Android & web sync

What is Bookmate?

Bookmate is an ebook and audiobook subscription service launched in 2009. It gives users unlimited access to a library of over 1 million ebooks, 150,000 audiobooks, and 4,000 magazine titles for a monthly fee.

Some key features of Bookmate include:

  • Apps for iOS, Android, and web, allowing users to sync their library and reading progress across multiple devices
  • Highlighting and note-taking tools to mark up ebooks
  • Text-to-speech support for listening to ebooks
  • Daily reading time feature limits reading in order to prevent eye-strain
  • Personalized recommendations based on interests and reading history
  • Social features let users see what their friends are reading, share quotes, have discussions

Bookmate has different subscription tiers based on number of devices connected and whether user wants access to audiobooks and magazines or just ebooks. Subscriptions start from $6 to $15 per month.

Overall, Bookmate offers an affordable, cross-platform ebook subscription with strong reader tools and a vast on-demand library. Its community features also help encourage a love for reading.

Bookmate Features

Features

  1. Unlimited access to ebooks, audiobooks and magazines
  2. Apps for iOS, Android and web
  3. Sync library across devices
  4. Highlight and make notes
  5. Dictionary lookup
  6. Night mode
  7. Text-to-speech
  8. Download books for offline reading

Pricing

  • Subscription-Based

Pros

Large library of content

Affordable pricing

Apps for all major platforms

Sync across devices

Good reading features

Cons

Limited format support (mainly EPUB)

No self-publishing or uploading option

Restricted downloading due to DRM

Not many newer bestsellers


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