You Can Now (Finally) Read Barnes & Noble E-books on the Web

E-books purchased through Barnes Noble can now (finally) be read via your desktop browser, no download required.

Nook for Web, which launched Tuesday, is compatible with all PC and Mac-supported web browsers including Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox and Safari. It offers a beautiful, uncluttered reading experience. You can choose between eight font types and sizes. Pages can be read in a single or double-page layout. Pages are turned with a quick scroll of your mouse.

It’s surprising it took Barnes Noble this long to release a web-based e-book reader. According to a Pew Research Center survey published this spring, a computer is the most popular device for reading e-books: 42% of those who read e-books say they read on a personal computer, followed by an e-reader (41%), cell phone (29%) and tablet (23%). Both Amazon and Google launched browser-based readers back in 2010. And although Barnes Noble already had downloadable reading applications for Macs and PCs, books have been inaccessible to those who frequently use public computers and can’t install any software on those devices.

Conveniently, e-books will automatically sync across devices: If you leave off on page 16 of a novel on your iPhone, you can resume on the same page on your desktop an hour later.

In addition to the web, Barnes Noble has five other applications for reading e-books, including ones for iPhones, iPads, Android smartphones and tablets, PCs (download required) and Macs (download required). Applications can be downloaded here.

A preview of Nook for Web:

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