Best Ebook Reader Software For Mac
All “eBook reader” producing companies have made new eBook apps for the newly released Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system because it offers amazing features, and here are some of the best windows 8 ebook reader apps. Best eBook readers for Linux I have provided installation instructions for Ubuntu as I am using Ubuntu right now. If you use non-Ubuntu Linux distributions, you can find most of these eBook applications in the software repositories of your distro.
Little by little, smartphone owners from all over are increasingly using their devices to read books and novels. Of course, iOS device owners are among the top of this list, with excellent alternatives to read books available across all their devices. What makes things even better of course is Apple’s own iBooks and its iBook Store, which has stepped up the competition and made other apps in the App Store even better.
So if you read a lot on your iPhone or other iOS device and you are looking for the app that offers the best reading experience/prices/options, read on as we take a look at the best 5 free ebook readers available on the App Store.
Kindle
The Kindle reading app for iOS has improved dramatically over the past few months and now provides the best experience for book lovers on many fronts. To start, the Kindle app boasts the vast Amazon book catalogue, which is by far the most complete ebook store on this list. In order to purchase books however, users need to do it from a web browser. But this slight annoyance is rapidly forgiven once you start using the Kindle app, which offers easily the most comfortable reading experience with customizable fonts, an easy-to-access dictionary and different backgrounds.
Additionally, Amazon’s ebooks tend to be always slightly cheaper than any other competing platform, plus they can be read on almost any device, including your Mac or PC both on native apps or online, something that our next alternative can’t do.
iBooks
iBooks was introduced a couple of years ago by Apple as a response to Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other ebook sellers of the time. Since its very beginning iBooks has been a great app for reading ebooks. The interface is very good (although not as clean and simple as the one on the Kindle app) and the iBooks Store offers a more impressive catalogue every day. Books can (obviously) be purchased from within iBooks itself and the app syncs seamlessly via iCloud no matter if you use your iPad, your iPhone or your iPod Touch to read.
The one major drawback that iBooks suffers from is that Apple’s is yet to release a desktop app for users to be able to read their purchases somewhere else other than on their iOS devices. On the positive side, iBooks supports the EPUB ebook format, which Amazon’s Kindle does not.
Nook
Barnes & Noble’s ebook reading app follows the same strategy as Amazon’s. Sell books through the store’s website and have them accessible on any device, including on Macs and PCs through the web. The Nook app also offers compatibility with the EPUB format, making it more versatile than the Kindle app. However, the reading experience is slightly below that of the Kindle and iBooks apps mainly due to the use of a somewhat overcomplicated interface. In addition to that, Barnes & Noble’s ebooks tend to be slightly more expensive than Amazon’s.
Kobo
Lately, Kobo has become very competitive and its ebook reading app clearly shows that. The app supports EPUB files and most importantly, native Mac and PC apps where you can read all your purchased books. Its most interesting feature however is its social integration, which allows you to see what your friends are reading, what they think about books, the time a book has been read and finished, reviews from other readers and more, all without exiting the app.
Goodreads
To really appreciate the value of the Goodreads reading app, you will need to become a member of their website (we’ve done a review of it too). Once that is done however, you will enjoy what is perhaps the best and most complete book sharing service. The app allows you search and download from a catalogue of around two thousand books that you can enjoy for free.
Reading in the app is quite pleasant but nothing revolutionary. The app’s real strength lies in its ability to allow you to share comments and opinions about your favorite books, as well as providing you with a very convenient way to classify the books that you are reading now, that you plan to read and the ones that you already finished.
There you have it. Kindle and iBooks are easily the best ebook reading apps as we’ve already mentioned before. They both have their drawbacks, but unless you are already heavily invested on any of the other alternatives, you can’t go wrong with either Apple’s or Amazon’s alternatives.
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Epub (.epub) file format is one of the most widely used file format used to distribute e-books. Also, major e-book reading apps like Amazon Kindle do not natively support the .epub ebook format. So, here are the Top 7 Free Epub Readers for PC – Windows 7/8.1/10 which will open the epub files on your Windows systems. Thus, enhancing your Reading experience!
Reader # 1 – FbReader
FbReader for Windows 7,8.1 & 10
Not to get confused by its name FbReader is surely one of the best epub readers for Windows out there. FbReader hosts a lot of useful features which will make your epub reading a pleasant experience.
Best Epub Reader For Mac
The most striking feature & which we love the most is perhaps its Distraction free viewer. Reading is a passionate hobby & various distractions caused due to host of different features inside epub readers make it a bit difficult to continue reading and this is where FbReader comes out to be the winner!.
Also, not to forget FbReader is very small in size a meagre 5Mb which makes it load easily on older systems and lower CPU resource consumption. (To open new epub file in your system on FbReader click on the second-left icon with a book & green plus sign)
Reader # 2 – Sumatra PDF
Sumatra PDF as the name suggests is primarily a PDF reader, but it isn’t simply just a PDF reader. It can read a host of other file formats too like epub,cbr,cbz etc. Thus, making it a really must have in Windows 7 especially which comes in without a PDF reader installed.
Not to forget Sumatra PDF is completely free of cost, and is easier to use as well. Though the background yellow color on the welcome page might not appeal to many, the features provided by it will surely create many fans.
Sumatra PDF thus is a good alternative to FB reader for reading epub files. Sumatra PDF is just 4.8 mB in size which is another plus point for the software. Also, it is available in Portable app so that you can carry your ebook & reader on any system you go!
64-bit: Click here to download Sumatra PDF Installer or portable (zip) version.
Reader # 3 – Calibre
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Calibre is a complete ebook management software, and naturally it contains an epub reader too inbuilt which functions very smoothly.
Calibre lets you not only read ebooks, but even edit their metadata. Besides, it even lets you download drm free ebooks via its inbuilt portal.
Considering the large number of features it hosts the size of Calibre too is on the larger side, however ebook fanatics who have a large collection of ebooks will love it.
Click here to Download Calibre for Windows 7,8.1 & Windows 10 32-bit.
Click here to Download Calibre for Windows 7,8.1 & Windows 10 64-bit.
Reader # 4 – IceCream Ebook Reader
IceCream Ebook reader is yet another efficient epub reader for Windows and can also read other ebook formats such as fb2,mobi formats as well.
The Downside is that its free version allows only 10 ebooks inside its digital library, and you cannot edit the metadata about them. But if you do not like to keep books after reading which is rare though, IceCream reader is the perfect choice for you. Not to forget, you can remove ebooks from library without physically deleting them from your hard disk.
Reader # 5 – Sony Reader for PC
Sony Ebook Reader for PC
Sony stands for its quality, and its Sony reader too is a quality one. Though, its not full feature-rich unlike other epub readers in this article . It gets the job done and provides a smooth reading experience.
Sony Reader is around 45 mB in size and provides Library management, and reading ebooks from its Sony ebook store. However, you can use the “Computer” option to browse & read drm free ebooks present inside your Computer/ laptop.
Reader # 6 Adobe Digital Editions
Just like Kdan Software’s PDF Reader Premium, you can keep track of the changes you and your colleagues make to PDF documents. 
Acrobat is capable of detecting the differences between two versions of the same PDF, too.
Adobe dominates the PDF reader arena and we expected it to dominate the ebooks & epub one too. But sadly, Adobe Digital Editions failed to impress us.
Although , the Adobe Digital Editions is just 8 MB in size. It sometimes lagged while opening large epub ebooks. Though, the updates seem to be improving the speed & efficiency, we really expect more from Adobe!
Reader # 7 – Epub File Reader
Epub File reader
This software has the most clean User-interface we came across all the epub ebook readers we tested and we loved it. Also, the software also gets the job fairly done, except that it may sometimes mis-spell the chapter names. Apart from that the Epub file reader will also require .net framework installed. Though, Windows 8 (8.1) & Windows 10 come with inbuilt .net framework, Windows 7 users will need to download it separately.
Best Ebook Reader App For Mac
So these are the Top 7 Best Free epub readers for Windows 7, 10 Computer / laptop we came across . If you know of any other such good app or have trouble using any of these feel free to comment .