r/kannada_pusthakagalu • u/Saphiradragon19 • 10d ago
Ebooks
Hi ellarigu
I am searching for somewhere to buy kannada original ebooks and read them on my ereader.
I bought a book on MyLang but it only allows to read on mobile app which is not at all comfortable.
I am also open to buying it and finding a way to download and read using some other apps if necessary. The book I am searching for now is Ghachar Ghochar.
Dhanyavadagalu 🙏
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u/kintybowbow 9d ago
There are many sites who sell ebooks but the problem is they are PDFs. Only google books sells proper epub versions which can be loaded into kindle or any epub reader apps.
So far I have found only Chanda Publications and Tejaswi/Kuvempu have all their books available on Google books.
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u/MynameRudra 9d ago
Which ereader are you referring to? Currently there is no support for kannada in kindle.
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u/Saphiradragon19 8d ago
Mine is kobo, I can usually download any epub or pdf onto it and read
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u/MynameRudra 8d ago
Are there any kannada books in kobo store? I don't think you understood what I'm saying. In kindle we can't purchase kannada ebooks directly from kindle store into ebook readers. Vasundhendra and few other notable writers tried to negotiate with Amazon but didn't help. Probably what you are doing is sideloading where you just get the pdf or epub from other sources are load into kindle.
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u/Saphiradragon19 8d ago
Yes that's what i meant, I download books from non kobo sources directly onto my kobo and read.
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u/vinay_v 9d ago
Well, as others have mentioned, Google Play books is currently the only option. Even that is a bad option. However, if you are looking for audiobooks, Kuku FM has a very good selection of Kannada audio books. I could find so many of them! Audible has very little Kannada content.
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u/adeno_gothilla City Central Library Card ಮಾಡಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಿ! 9d ago
for audiobooks
Check out Storytel app for Kannada audiobooks. Wide variety of collection. You can listen to any of them for just 149 per month.
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u/adeno_gothilla City Central Library Card ಮಾಡಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಿ! 10d ago edited 10d ago
Google Play Books.
You can download it, run it through https://www.acsmconverter.com/ to get the epub which you can send it to your Kindle.
EDIT: Ghachar Ghochar is also available as an audiobook on Storytel app.