Cool Readerįor all of you who are just looking for a way to visualize the content of an EPUB file, I recommend Cool Reader. I personally appreciate its straightforward tag and series system for classifying books. If you like simplicity, you might enjoy this program. The interface is more sober, and is clearly cut in two: (1) the library aspect where you can add files, edit the meta-data, or download new books, and (2) the reader aspect. FBReaderįBReader is also a library manager, but in a lighter way than Calibre. The only potential downside is that if you are looking for an EPUB reader, and are not interested in the whole library manager aspect, the program is too heavy for your needs. To top it all, the interface is slick and has nothing to envy to other professional software. It supports a plethora of formats (almost every I can think of), integrates a reader, a manager, a meta-data editor which can download covers from the Internet, an EPUB editor, a news reader, and a search engine to download additional books. More than just an ebook reader, Calibre is a fully packaged e-library.

Let's dive in with maybe the biggest name of that list: Calibre. In short, here is a non-exhaustive list of good EPUB readers on Linux.

Hopefully, Linux is not deprived of good programs capable of dealing with such format. Indeed, most editors agreed with using the EPUB format for electronic books (for 'Electronic PUBlication'). It is hard enough to focus on the classics of the 16th century literature, so who needs the Facebook chat pop up sound in the background in addition? But if for some reasons you wish to open an electronic book in your computer, chances are that you will need specific software. If the habit on reading books on electronic tablets is still on its way, reading books on a computer is even rarer.

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