Want to read an e-book, but you don’t have an e-reader? Not to worry, there are lots of options! And you can always wait for the print edition (at least of my books) if you prefer to read on paper. I find paper books much better for my favorite place to read, the bathtub.

Without further ado, my favorite non-e-reader ways to read e-books.

1. On my phone with the Amazon Kindle App. This allows me to seamlessly read e-books I’ve purchased on Amazon and is quite handy for the bus.
2. On another device with the Amazon Kindle App — your tablet, laptop, or desktop computer all options. I actually find my phone to be the easiest these days, but all the others are also options. Remember to use the same account to purchase the book and log into the Kindle App.
3. Don’t want to purchase e-books from Amazon? Well, it gets a bit trickier. When my e-books aren’t in exclusive distribution with Amazon, you can purchase non-Amazon Kindle formats (.epub and .pdf). I find reading books with the epub files slightly easier to navigate than with PDFs.
   1. The EPUB files can be read with a variety of phone apps from the iTunes or Google Play stores.
   2. I like to read EPUBs with Calibre on my laptop computer
   3. The PDF file can be read with Adobe Reader as well as other PDF apps.

I hope this is helpful! Feel free to email Cat if you have questions about how to read an e-book or inquire in the comments.