View Single Post
Old 08-26-2011, 12:43 AM   #311
therealjoeblow
Zealot
therealjoeblow reads XML... blindfoldedtherealjoeblow reads XML... blindfoldedtherealjoeblow reads XML... blindfoldedtherealjoeblow reads XML... blindfoldedtherealjoeblow reads XML... blindfoldedtherealjoeblow reads XML... blindfoldedtherealjoeblow reads XML... blindfoldedtherealjoeblow reads XML... blindfoldedtherealjoeblow reads XML... blindfoldedtherealjoeblow reads XML... blindfoldedtherealjoeblow reads XML... blindfolded
 
Posts: 106
Karma: 52102
Join Date: Jun 2010
Device: Samsung Android Tablet w/Moon+ Pro Reader
Quote:
Originally Posted by EricDP View Post
Adobe Digital Editions is the software that converts the EPUB into a readable book on your screen. If you're reading side-loaded books on a kobo, you are reading one rendered using Adobe Digital Editions. Almost all eReaders use ADE as the core of their rendering, even if they touch it up a bit before final rendering.
There's nothing magic about epub that requires special software to 'render' it - it's just simple HTML files packed in a zip container and renamed .epub instead of .zip. You can open the html files in any web browser.

The REAL Joe
therealjoeblow is offline   Reply With Quote