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Originally Posted by Ron.

I wish there was, I have tried every epub desktop app I can find and none compare. I just convert the file to mobi to read on my PC.

I suppose this isn't a terrible solution - I could keep both an EPUB and Mobi copy of all my books (I don't have thousands of public domain titles; I generally just download/purchase with each individual book I read).

Thanks for your reply.

Originally Posted by VicLavigne

If all your ebooks are on your PC, you can use Calibre. It will open all formats and let you read them from within the program. I don't consider it the best program for just plain reading, but probably the best if you want to read multiple formats.

I have Calibre already, and I use it (ironicaly enough) to convert Mobi to EPUB (if I've purchased from Amazon), but I also store all the files I download from here and Feedbooks in a neat directory. That directory is Dropboxed so I can access my books from any browser!

Calibre is superb, but it's reader is not. It's fine for cursorily checking if a conversion was a success, but I cannot stand it's continuous scroll feature, with no real option to have proper pagination. I like to be able to hit arrow keys to move from page to page (like you kind in the Kindle for PC app).

Many thanks for your reply though!

Originally Posted by GreenMonkey

Couldn't you use the Nook app the same way you do the K4PC app? It's available on PCs, Android, etc.

I shall try the Nook app later. I'm from the UK so I hope I don't encounter any problems (I can't actually buy books from the Nook store because of my location).

Originally Posted by wallcraft

For maximum flexibility, it is hard to beat FBReader. It allows you to adjust practically everything about the reading experience. It does not fully support ePub CSS though. In my experience ePubs are always readable but some formatting and graphics may be lost.

I have an older copy of FBReader on my computer, but I never got to really using this as I didn't want to create another library (I have already a Calibre library after all). Can you just load up individual files; or alternatively, can I link it in some way to my Calibre library, via say ODPS?

Originally Posted by Hatgirl

OK, the big question is whether the EPUBS are DRM-free or not. If they are DRM-free, there are a number of choices. If you want to read on your PC, but are happy being connected to the internet at the time, I recommend Ibis Reader. If you want to read offline, Calibre is pretty great.

But if your EPUBS have ADE DRM, you are basically stuck with Adobe Digital Editions for the Desktop. I think the Kobo Desktop application will also let you read ADE EPUBS, but I haven't used it myself.

All my files are DRM-free as I strip 'em! I shudder at the thought of using Adobe's software. Every time I launch Digital Editions it tells me that a 'download has not completed'. It then asks me to finish whatever that download is/was. It's clunky.

Hellmark, and everybody else: many thanks for your replies too.

Keep the suggestions coming!