# Readwise Books combines an e-book shop with detailed reading analytics

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/readwise-takes-on-amazons-kindle-and-goodreads-with-its-new-app-for-book-lovers/
- Published: 2026-11-02T17:49:41+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-02T18:18:24+00:00
- Original publisher: TechCrunch
- Original article: https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/02/readwise-takes-on-amazons-kindle-and-goodreads-with-its-new-app-for-book-lovers/
- Topics: AI, Software, Technology

## Key points

- Readwise has launched an app combining e-book buying, reading and tracking.
- It offers detailed metrics such as pace, immersion and words read.
- Its US store includes millions of e-books, plus print books and some audiobooks.

## Summary

Readwise has launched Readwise Books, an app that combines an e-book shop and reader with tools for logging and analysing reading. The move puts the bootstrapped company in competition with Amazon’s Kindle and Goodreads, while offering more detailed measures of reading activity.

The US store offers millions of e-books from major publishers, as well as print books and some audiobooks. Readers can track pace, words read and sessions, import DRM-free EPUBs, listen to text-to-speech and record reading outside the app, including through Kindle Cloud Reader or photos of physical books. Readwise says the app will also offer publisher-approved AI features such as recaps, definitions and translations; Kindle holds an 83% market share when Kindle+ is included.

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