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Arrghus · 06-01-2014, 02:09 PM

Honestly, here we are in 2014 and I still cannot find anything that offers the same level of reading customisation.

All I want to be able to do is change the font, line-spacing, text-alignment (Mobipocket can only do this for -some- books), and colours (i.e. dark grey b/g and white text). I don't need fancy cloud-based services, nor any library management features.

I mainly deal with EPUBs, but for reading on the computer, I am willing to convert in Calibre or import directly in the software. How is it that there is still no viable alternative?

CoolReader is amazing on my Glowlight, but is dreadful in Windows. I've tried Kobo's and Amazon's PC offering and also found them to be wanting.

The best reader would potentially be Calibre's, but having to mess around with CSS (which will only work on some books, irrespective of the !important tag) is really off-putting. If line-spacing and highlighting/notes options were added, I'd switch in a heartbeat.

What do you use to read on Windows?

06-01-2014, 02:09 PM	#1
Arrghus Zealot Posts: 143 Karma: 5002 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Llandudno, Wales Device: Kindle PW2; Nexus 5X	Mobipocket Reader: Still the king of Windows eBook readers? Honestly, here we are in 2014 and I still cannot find anything that offers the same level of reading customisation. All I want to be able to do is change the font, line-spacing, text-alignment (Mobipocket can only do this for -some- books), and colours (i.e. dark grey b/g and white text). I don't need fancy cloud-based services, nor any library management features. I mainly deal with EPUBs, but for reading on the computer, I am willing to convert in Calibre or import directly in the software. How is it that there is still no viable alternative? CoolReader is amazing on my Glowlight, but is dreadful in Windows. I've tried Kobo's and Amazon's PC offering and also found them to be wanting. The best reader would potentially be Calibre's, but having to mess around with CSS (which will only work on some books, irrespective of the !important tag) is really off-putting. If line-spacing and highlighting/notes options were added, I'd switch in a heartbeat. What do you use to read on Windows?