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Anybody know of an ebook reader that actually works? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 6 months ago by 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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[–] 7 points 6 months ago (2 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.

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  • [–] [S] -3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 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.

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