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paolo granada lim
Asked: 2010-08-17 19:46:49 +0800 CST

What eBook readers are available? [duplicate]

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Can anyone suggest a nice eBook reader in Ubuntu?

Preferably something lightweight.

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7 Answers

  1. There is an amazing piece of software called Calibre. I linked an article talking about its features it nice and useful! To install it click the icon: calibre Install calibre

    Alternatively you can install Adobe Reader with eBook extension.

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  3. I've not been happy with Calibre due to the translation functions outputting corrupt RTF's as well as the developer's aggressive lack of interest in providing packages. I usually just use OpenOffice to translate stuff to PDF (using Gentium Book Basic) and then use Evince which seems to work fine for me.

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  4. If you use Firefox and have it running most of the time you can read the .epub format e-books from within the browser with this extension http://www.epubread.com/en/

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  5. I use Calibre because the integration with my Android phone is amazing. Calibre + Wordplayer FTW!

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  6. My suggestion would be Cool Reader 3. It's a simple install, and a very lightweight program (nothing so bulky as Calibre, which is nice software IF you have eBook hardware like e.g. a Kindle or a Sony, but overpowered for just a ePub viewer).

    You can get Cool Reader by:

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:vovansrnd/coolreader
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cr3

    Cheers!

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  7. This software has been discontinued.

    Easy-Ebook-Viewer

    I used to love fbreader but in ubuntu 17.04 it got problem while installing. So after a little googling I found Easy-Ebook-Viewer

    Installation:

    sudo apt install git gir1.2-webkit-3.0 libwebkitgtk-3.0-0 gir1.2-gtk-3.0 python3-gi
git clone https://github.com/michaldaniel/Ebook-Viewer.git
cd Ebook-Viewer
sudo make install
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