Reading and listening
Deutsch: Lesen und hören
Every piece can be read right here on the site, and most can be listened to here as well. If you would rather keep a piece, you can download it: EPUB and PDF for reading, an audiobook and an MP3 for listening. This page helps you open the files on your device.
Reading
Reading on the site
On a piece's page, tap Read. You need nothing else, only a connection.
EPUB or PDF?
An EPUB adapts to your screen: in a reading app you choose the font and its size, and the text flows to fit. A PDF keeps fixed pages, the way they would be printed. On a phone or an e-reader, start with the EPUB; for a fixed page, or for printing, take the PDF.
iPhone or iPad
Download the EPUB; it lands in the Files app, under Downloads. Tap it and it opens in Books, where it stays in your library and you can change the font and size. If it opens somewhere else, use Share and choose Books. A PDF works the same way.
Android
Download the EPUB and open it with a reading app. With Google Play Books: in your Files or Downloads app, tap the file and choose Open with Play Books or Upload to Play Books. It then appears under Library, Uploads.
Kindle
Use Amazon's Send to Kindle: on amazon.com/sendtokindle, or in the Kindle app on your phone, sign in and upload the EPUB. Amazon prepares it for the Kindle, and it appears on your Kindle and in the Kindle apps.
Kobo, tolino and other e-readers
Most e-readers open EPUB files directly. Connect the e-reader to your computer with its USB cable, drag the EPUB onto the e-reader's drive, eject it, and unplug. The e-reader imports the file.
Listening
Listening on the site
On a piece's page, tap Listen; a player opens. To listen over a longer time or without a connection, download the recording.
Audiobook or MP3?
Both are the same recording, each in a single file. The audiobook (.m4b) has chapters: an audiobook app shows them, lets you jump between them and remembers where you stopped. The MP3 has no chapters and plays in any player. For the longer pieces, the audiobook in an audiobook app is the more comfortable choice.
Which app for the audiobook?
If you don't have an audiobook app yet, these are good choices. They show the chapters, remember where you stopped, and are free:
- iPhone and iPad: BookPlayer. Open the downloaded file from Files in BookPlayer.
- Android: Voice, also on F-Droid. Point it to the folder with your downloads.
- Mac: the Books app that comes with it (see below).
- Windows and Linux: VLC, which also shows the chapters.
BookPlayer and Voice need no account and show no ads.
On your phone
Download the file and open it in an app that plays audio files stored on your phone; an audiobook app keeps your place best. On a Mac, you can also import the audiobook or the MP3 into Books; with iCloud it then appears in Books on your iPhone and iPad.
Spotify or Audible?
The recordings are not published there, so you won't find them in either catalogue. Spotify can, however, play audio files stored on your own device (its local files). Audible does not take files from elsewhere; use another player.
Without internet
Once a file is downloaded, it opens without a connection. The recordings of the longer pieces are large (the book's beginning is well over 100 MB), so download them over Wi-Fi.