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EPUB is an e-book file format that uses the ".epub" file extension. The term is short for electronic publication and is sometimes stylized as ePUB . EPUB is supported by many e-readers , and compatible software is available for most smartphones, tablets, and computers.
Android Daisy ePub Reader: a discontinued open-source project for the Android platform, last updated in 2013 [21] AnyDaisy discontinued extension for Firefox 3.x by Benetech (does not work in Firefox 4 or above) [22] ButtercupReader: a discontinued web-based silverlight application for DAISY 3 books [23] [24]
It is a proprietary format, but some reader software for general-purpose computers, particularly under Linux (for example, Calibre's internal viewer [2]), have the capability to read it. The LRX file extension represents a DRM-encrypted e-book. More recently, Sony has converted its books from BBeB to EPUB and is now issuing new titles in EPUB.
When the Zotero Connector extension [8] is installed in a compatible web browser, a special icon appears in the browser toolbar when a catalog entry or a resource (book, article, thesis) is being viewed on any of a wide variety of websites (such as library catalogues or databases like PubMed, Google Scholar, Google Books, Amazon.com, Wikipedia, and publishers' websites).
Sumatra PDF is a free and open-source document viewer that supports many document formats including: Portable Document Format (PDF), Microsoft Compiled HTML Help (CHM), DjVu, EPUB, FictionBook (FB2), MOBI, PRC, Open XML Paper Specification (OpenXPS, OXPS, XPS), and Comic Book Archive file (CB7, CBR, CBT, CBZ). [3]
FBReader is an e-book reader for Linux, Microsoft Windows, Android, and other platforms. It was originally written for the Sharp Zaurus and currently runs on many other mobile devices, like the Nokia Internet Tablets, as well as desktop computers. A preview of FBReaderJ (the Java port) for Google Android was released on April 13, 2008.
Writer2ePub (W2E) is a free extension for the various implementations of the Writer text processor [note 2] to create EPUB-formatted e-Books "from any file format that Writer can read". [3] [4] [5] A text to be exported as EPUB has to be saved as OpenDocument (ODT)-formatted text document.
It supports typical e-book formats with reflowable text: EPUB (primary focus), Mobipocket, AZW(3), and no formats with fixed layout, although PDF support is also available. Its customizable and theme -based user interface is inspired by those of portable e-reader hardware devices.