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Recommendations wanted for ebbok reader software for Windows
Recommendations wanted for ebbok reader software for Windows
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I just got a digital copy of a book as a Kickstarter backer reward. It's available in two formats: EPUB and MOBI.

That would mean something if I had an ebook device.

Any suggestions for decent reader software for either or both formats for Win7?
--
Rob Kelk

Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
- unknown
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Calibre has a semi-decent (IMO) reader

Microsoft Edge will do EPUB
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MOBI is Kindle format, so if your smartphone has a kindle app you can read it there.

Edit: Oh, and seconding the reader that comes with Calibre. It's a good, workmanlike tool.
-- Bob

I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber.  I have been 
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....
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When I want to read an ebook on my iPhone, I currently use BluefireReader to read ePubs.
If you`re on your desktop or laptop I also use Calibre there.
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Thanks - I'll take a look at Calibre.

(Isn't Microsoft Edge based on Chromium? I have a separate beef with Google there.)
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Rob Kelk

Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
- unknown
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I use Adobe reader which works with epub and have no complaints
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There is also a desktop Kindle app.

I use Caliber for desktop reading, which isn't often - more often my ipad is my preferred reading platform.
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Am I the only one here who wrote his own ebook reader? EPUB is just a zip file with some HTML in it, and an XML manifest. You can just feed that to a browser.
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I only got interested in ebook formats after getting a Kindle. Which kind of predisposed me toward MOBI.
-- Bob

I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber.  I have been 
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....
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RE: Recommendations wanted for ebbok reader software for Windows
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(02-12-2019, 03:38 AM)Labster Wrote: Am I the only one here who wrote his own ebook reader?  EPUB is just a zip file with some HTML in it, and an XML manifest.  You can just feed that to a browser.

I Did Not Know That(tm).

Thanks!
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