There you have it four browser extensions that you can use to add features to Kindle Cloud Reader. (or so the description says I do not have an ebook to test it on). This extension ties into the Weblio translation dictionary, and replaces the standard dictionary. If you are in need of a Japanese-English to assist your reading then you’re in luck. (Now this is something I might use.) EJDic Script It helps you read faster by highlighting one sentence at a time. Speaking of speed-reading, Readlax approaches the idea from a different direction. I am not a fan of the concept, but it’s still nice to have the option.
Amazon kindle app for chromebook install#
After you install it and activate it, it will open a new window and flash one word at a time. This is a speed-reading app similar to Spritz. This extension makes it so much easier to dive deep into a topic mentioned in an ebook, and that makes Kindle Cloud Reader twice as useful as a research tool. I’d like to have Wikipedia as an option, but this is still pretty awesome. Simply highlight a word or phrase, and you’ll find two new options: This extension integrates Google Search and Google Translate. KO is the best example if why I am kicking myself for not writing this post years ago. I have found four so far, and I plan to add more just as soon as you tell me about the ones you use.īTW, I’d like to find an extension that will search Wikipedia, but I haven’t found one yet. I thought this was such a great idea that I have started this post to list the extensions that I have found for Kindle Cloud Reader. (There are other apps such as the one from JellyBooks, but most of the names escape me at the moment.)Īmazon continued to develop Kindle Cloud Reader, and I have recently learned that developers of third-party browser extensions have also started supporting the app.Some of these extensions almost turn the ebooks I am reading into web content, something I find so useful! It was one of several browser reading apps created seemingly in response to Apple attempting to extort ebook retailers for the privilege of selling ebooks on iOS, but that movement largely went no where once it was clear the first several iterations frankly weren’t very pleasant to use.Įventually competing apps from Kobo and B&N were abandoned (in 2016, to be exact), leaving Amazon and Google as the only ebook retailers with apps. While I had used this app over the years, I had completely missed the opportunities this app represents.Īmazon’s browser-based Kindle app has largely been forgotten since it launched in 2011.
I was updating the Kindle tools posts a few weeks ago when I noticed that there were several Chrome extensions for Kindle Cloud Reader. Subscribe and get the first month free.
Amazon kindle app for chromebook tv#
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