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Anybody know of an ebook reader that actually works? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 6 months ago by captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works to c/freeebooks@sh.itjust.works

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I can't find one. I've tried about a dozen across Linux and Android, not a single one is even remotely usable. It may be that epub is a write-only format?

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[–] Wxfisch@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Use Calibre, it’s a full ebook library manager but include a fully functioning reader for all non-DRM files. KOreader also should work, is made for e-ink devices but supports Linux and Android. If neither of those work then your epub files are corrupted somehow.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works -3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Calibre doesn't work; it displays the left half of the first page and then nothing. Overly complicated as well; it's an entire authoring suite. Reminds me of emacs, it'd be a nice OS if they'd put a decent text editor in it.

[–] teft@piefed.social 10 points 6 months ago

That sounds like operator error or a bad epub. I’ve been using calibre for more than a decade on all 3 major OSes and it’s been rock solid except when i’ve tried to display corrupted data or something.

[–] NathanDerWeise@feddit.org 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Calibre is THE ereader program. I agree with the other user that it may be a problem with your epub files or perhaps your system itself.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 0 points 6 months ago

I hope that's not true, as badly made as Calibre seems to be.