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Originally Posted by JSWolf
The Kindle app does not read online. It reads eBooks locally.
Overdrive Read needs a web browser. You can use the Hoopla app to read online. But most of the time it's using a web browser. Overdrive (for example) has the ability to read eBooks online. but again, it's using a web browser. You might be able to use the Overdrive or Libby apps.
But I still say a web browser is the #1 program used for online reading.
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The Kindle app doesn't read ebooks online but Kindle Cloud Reader does.
I've tried it using the XBOX browser and it works great. A fine way to read why peddaling on an exercise bike or walking on a treadmill.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custo...QEMKHLBENNKWU2
Kobo used to have a cloud reader, too but I haven't heard if it's still working.
Beyond that a lot of universities store their ebook content as web-only HTML so you are probably right that browsers are *among* the most popular apps for reading ebooks. Some publishers offer online reading as an option (BAEJ, for one) and outside the US a lot of small publishers offer web-only ebooks.
People need to remember there tons of non-commercial ebooks out there and there is ebook life outside the commercial gardens.