If you love magazines, Readly must be one of the greatest digital magazine and newspaper subscription service platforms that offers unlimited access to thousands of titles. To read magazines on Readly, the official way is to download the Readly app or use a web browser. However, many people don’t want to be locked into the Readly ecosystem. Is there a way to read Readly magazines offline on your Kindle, Kobo, reMarkable, and other e-readers? What obstacles do we need to overcome? Fortunately for you, we have a useful guide to navigating these.
How can I read Readly magazines?
(1) Read Readly online with a browser on computers
Readly's website allows you to access magazines and newspapers directly in your browser. Simply open a browser on your computer go.readly.com and log in with your email and password. Then you can read any magazines from your Readly Library through a web reader.
Note: Please note that offline reading and downloads are not available through the web browser.
(2) Read magazines with Readly app on mobile devices
Readly app is available on Apple App Store, Google Play, Amazon App Store, and Huawei AppGallery. So you can easily install Readly app on your smartphone, iPad, and Amazon Kindle Fire tablet.
Note: While Readly allows you to download magazines for offline reading, there is a limit of up to five devices to log into your Readly account. This includes tablets, smartphones, and even a web browser version for computers.
It seems that Readly allows you to read anywhere, anytime and even without an internet connection. But, in any case, you must visit Readly website or use Readly app. Is it possible to move away from the Readly ecosystem?
Two obstacles to read Readly magazines offline on Kindle/Kobo/Kindle Colorsoft/Kobo Color/reMarkable and any other devices
(1) Difficult to download Readly magazines to PC/Mac
Many e-readers, like Kindle, are designed primarily for reading and lack app compatibility. If you want to read Pocketmags magazines on any ereaders, you need to previously download them to your local computer and transfer the converted magazines to your preferred device.
(2) Difficult to access encrypted downloaded files
Although you can download a Readly magazine in PDF format on your mobile devices. Normally, it can be tricky to find downloaded files on an iOS device because they are not always placed in a readily accessible, default location. On an Android device, you will find that the downloaded files are encrypted and unreadable.
So, it is almost impossible to download Readly magazines to regular PDFs and transfer them to an e-reader or other preferred devices for offline reading.
How to back up and read Readly magazines offline on Kindle/Kobo/Kindle Colorsoft/Kobo Color/reMarkable and any device?
Tool Required: Epubor Readly Mate and Android Studio emulator
Epubor Readly Mate is an excellent tool to help you save your favorite magazines as PDF files so you can keep them forever and read them on any devices without Internet.
Step 1: Download magazines from Readly to local computers
Readly does not provide a desktop app, so you must run the Readly app on your local computer with the help of an Android Studio emulator. You can read this guide to learn how to run Readly app in the Android emulator.
Note: We only test our Epubor Readly Mate with Android Studio emulator and we also recommend you use Android Studio. It is compatible with both Windows and MacOS. Please follow our guide step by step to set up Android Studio on Windows or Mac.
Set up Android Studio on Windows Set up Android Studio on Mac
Next, you need to install Readly app in the Android emulator and log into your Readly account to download issues from your Library as you would on a real Android smartphone.
After the issue has been completely downloaded, the green arrow will show up next to the title. And you can go to the "Downloads" section to locate the downloaded issues.
Step 2: Convert and backup Readly magazines with Epubor Readly Mate
How to transfer the downloaded Readly magazines from the Android emulator to local computer? Just run Epubor Readly Mate app, then click the “Refresh“ button, and the downloaded titles will show up under the Book Library in Epubor Readly Mate program.
Finally, you can easily open and read the converted magazine by using any PDF reader program on your computer.
Step 3: Transfer Readly magazines to Kindle, Kobo, Remarkable and other devices
Transfer converted Readly magazines to Kindle through “Send to Kindle”
If you want to read the converted Readly magazines on your Kindle, “Send to Kindle” service is a great choice. You can either use the Send to Kindle app or the web-based service. In addition, you can also send the PDF files via email to your Kindle's unique email address.
Transfer converted Readly PDFs to other e-Readers via a USB cable
Most popular e-readers, including Kindles, Kobo, Nooks, and reMarkable, support PDF files. Now, you can connect the e-reader to your computer, then drag and drop the DRM-free PDF files from the output folder to your preferred device for reading Readly magazines offline.
Conclusion
With the help of Epubor Readly Mate, it is very easy to read your favorite Readly magazines and issues on Kindle and other prefered devices. In addition, you can also permanently back up and keep these issues as PDF files, so you can enjoy them anytime, anywhere. Don't hesitate to give it a try now!
Nancy Hello, my name is Nancy! I’ve been always a book enthusiast, and I love reading very much. As an editor for Epubor, I’m glad to share all my favorite books, audiobooks, and tips to read E-books all I know.
