The best way I can describe HyRead is this. Traditional Chinese e-book heaven.
It is a hybrid between a digital library and an e-bookstore catering for Traditional Chinese language resources. It is Massive with a capital M! Last I checked, there were 11,000 books listed under the children section. (That’s only counting the children section…)
They also provide an e-magazine subscription service. For the e-magazines, you can either purchase a single issue, or sign up for an annual subscription. For instance, for the Young Newton magazine 少年牛顿, a single issue is NT$139 (approximately AUD$6.50/USD$5), and the annual fee is NT$1668 (approximately AUD$77.50/USD$60)
All books are read on the HyRead 3 app.
Read further on to understand how HyRead functions as a Chinese e-bookstore.
*Top Tip* Depending on which country you are from, you may be able to borrow books through your library. For example, my library membership form Singapore allows me to borrow 16 books and 16 magazines in the app. Evidently, you won’t have access to the entire store, but my Singapore library card did give me access to over 800 picture books/comic books, which isn’t too shabby at all.