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Old 08-28-2016, 08:56 PM   #3
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And in fact, many ebook vendors provide a browser-based ereader.

Kindle Cloud, for example. I am pretty sure Kobo and Nook have similar, Google Play Books sure does, OverDrive has a Read Online thingy, etc.

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There are also some services that let you upload EPUBs to read online. Booki.sh, for example (I think that got bought by OverDrive though).
Then there is the EPUBReader extension for Firefox.

calibre v3 will have an in-browser ereader too. You can actually beta the server today, using the command line `calibre-debug --new-server`.

Most of these methods use LocalStorage to cache the ebook contents for offline viewing.
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