News feeds allow you to see when a Web site has added new content. You can get the latest headlines as soon as it is published without having to visit the website. These news feeds are known as RSS or Really Simple Syndication.

1. Liferea Feed Reader has multiple RSS subscriptions by default.

2. If you do not want a chapter to be deleted after some time, you can flag it and tag it as an important item.

3. You can use the search function to search through the downloaded items to quickly access the information needed.

4. You can also use an online search engine to search for additional news.

Importing your Google reader RSS feeds to Liferea :

Export your subscriptions as an OPML file

More info on OPML

The above link will give you a xml file , save it and import the same to Liferea and enjoy the power of RSS on your desktop :)