How To Open Epub On Windows 11

[Ellington Walford]

Ive managed to break open an .epub file by renaming it .zip and unzipping. I've done some edits in the HTML (simply deleted a div) and then rezipped it. However upon rezipping I get an error and whichever device I use can no longer read the .epub file. Something has happened to the structure when zipping back to an .epub file.

There seems to be a specific glitch in the way MacOS handles ZIP archiving. The MIMETYPE file must be in plain, uncompressed format to be read correctly, and (to the best of my knowledge) all Windows-based tools and processes are sensible and don't attempt to encode or compress this 21-byte file. Macs insist, against all efforts, on encoding it. The only workaround I know of is to re-ZIP the file, then use a specific "store uncompressed" command to write the MIMETYPE file into the archive without compression. (Uunfortuinately, I've never been given a clear set of directions on how to do that under MacOS.)

Windows 10 Asus laptop, no issues with anythng else, am wondering if Windows 10 App settings could have anything to do with it but have not been able to find a way to disable default settings completely? Alternately is there something I can do via about:config on Firefox to alter this?

Right, this is a known issue. Do not choose Firefox as a helper application to always open the file type, as this can cause a problem where Firefox repeatedly opens empty tabs or windows after you click on a link.

It is a fact that there are other software specifically developed to read epub files. The advantage of having LibreOffice doing the same, would be to open a file as epub and save it in a different format such as pdf or even as a document, if it only contains characters.

If you only want to convert epub to pdf. Just use Calibre e-book manager, it does the job just fine.

If you need to import the epub to libreoffice to modify the contents, use calibre to convert epub to rtf format and then import within Libreoffice.

I know that is not the ideal solution, but it works.

I know this might be considered a 'niche' feature for some, as I see it's left out of a lot of the feature suggestions for the new Edge; however, alongside the other inking/reading features in old Edge, I used this feature quite frequently. It's great for students/academics. For extra context, I never purchased books from Microsoft's books section of the Microsoft Store--not one, but I definitely used epub files in Edge. Additionally, because there's no other native e-reader in Windows 10, as there is on iOS, MacOS, and most Android-based devices in some capacity, and the e-readers in the Microsoft Store are terrible, this feature is desperately needed for those who use it. What's the point of having Windows 10 devices be touch-enabled without a decent e-reader??

Frankly, this feature distinguished Edge from other browsers for me and was the only reason I kept it on my taskbar as other work that I do required the blink engine. New Edge needs to remain competitive with other browsers, and this would be one way to do it. Otherwise, a native reader separately packaged with OneDrive integration for libraries would be amazing--but I think that could usefully be done here.

@rsfarris I would like to see it too, but I think it will not be avaliable anymore. Maybe in another application... Microsoft is ending her Book Store... Here, in Brazil, Microsoft did not release this feature.

@rsfarris vollkommene Zustimmung.

Old Edge ist mein Standard Tool fr die Anzeige von EPub und PDF. Ein Betriebssystem wie W10 muss Standardformate anzeigen knnen. OLD Edge leistete dies. New Edge bentigt mehr Zeit um ein PDF zu laden. Ausserdem scrollt er nicht so smooth. Sollte die Fhigkeit EPubs anzuzeigen nicht mehr untersttzt werden, wre das eine Schande.

@PHGJ_1957 From my experience, Frieda is not an equal to Edge in the speed of load/paging turning or rendering as Edge was. It also lacks settings to use the default settings for the book, which makes the reading experience less than pleasant. Unfortunately, none of the epub readers for Windows have what I would consider to be an equivalent experience to what iOS provides out of the box. I traded in my iPad for a Surface Go because I thought I could finally had the right size device and reader app to so on Windows, but now I fear I may regret that choice. There are already warnings in the classic Edge that they will disable epub reading in the near future, which seems unnecessary.

I 100% support this. UWP Edge is by far the best and most functional epub reader I've used, and I've used a lot of them. It's the best when it comes to displaying the books as they are supposed to look like. And with features like Immersive Reader, it beats and any other epub reader app. While adding this to Chromium Edge may be a challenge, I say do it because that'll give Edge a definitive edge over other Chromium based browsers. And if that's not possible, at least make it available as an extension, or hell maybe make a new app for reading epubs, maybe add support for mobi, cbr, pdf, djvus too, make an ultimate UWP ebook reader. @rsfarris

@csantigo At least the old UWP edge could be turned back to Reader. And the new edge would be just a browser. (I don't really need support for more than PDF and EPUB thanks to calibre E-book manager in it I convert MOBI to EPUB and CBZ to PDF)

@KoleckOLP Oh no I just read the message that says .epub reading will be discontinued. Microsoft please let us side load the old UWP edge, I can't find any E-book reader that does .pdf and .ebup in one program and make it look and feel as good as MS EDGE.

I absolutely agree. As I find out today that I can no longer use the old Edge browser to open epub files, it must have been due to the last automated system update few days ago. In my experience, the Edge browser is the best reader when it comes to epub files. It beats all other apps I have tried. I consider it a major feature of Windows 10, and especially so for Surface book users.

@rsfarris I have specifically stopped one of my small Dell tablets from updating an older insider build just to preserve the legacy Edge ePub reader for as long as possible. It is just so good - fast, elegant, stylish, integrated dictionary at the tap of any word, Cortana, read aloud, simple light and dark themes, chapter location and book name at a simple tap and just functional overall. It would surprise you how many ePub readers miss these simple key features. Simple and to the point, just like a real book, no unnecessary bloat and junk. Please consider re-enabling this feature on legacy Edge, or at least release it as a standalone app in the Microsoft Store

EPUB file reader is a file viewer software that allows you to read ebooks with the extension .epub format. The software interface consists of two parts. The left part will display the document chapter, and the right is a browser to show the document content.

An EPUB file is an Electronic Publication in an eBook format. You can download EPUB files and read them on Mobile, Tablet, Computer, etc. This free eBook standard supports more hardware readers than any other file format.

There are two simple ways to use the EPUB Reader in Windows 11. The two methods are listed below for further reference. Using this simple way, you can download any epub app or use the MS Edge extension to read.

To add an extension to read epub files, open the Microsoft Edge browser first, then click on the extension symbol at the upper right corner of the browser, as shown in the image below. And then select Open Microsoft Edge Add-ons.

The above method shows the process to open .epub files on the browser using the Add-ons. The other way to do this in Windows 11 is to download the Epub reader app from Microsoft Store. The Apps are listed below:

After successfully installing the app, you can double-click on the .epub files you downloaded earlier to open or right-click on the file and click Open and read.

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Alok is a Master of Computer Applications (MCA) graduate. He loves writing on Windows 11 and related technologies. He likes to share his knowledge, quick tips, and tricks with Windows 11 or Windows 10 with the community.

If you are asking whether the MyCloud apps can read epub files, then you will probably need to add an epub reader app to whatever device you are using to run the MyCloud App, and then open the accessed file with the epub reader.

I would suggest you take some time, if you have not done so already to read through the My Cloud User Manual ( =439&type=25) to gain an understanding what the My Cloud is. What it is capable of. And how to configure/use the various options/features of the My Cloud.

I was looking around for a truly minimalist CLI epub reader. Meh. Didnt find anything that worked that well. But did find what has to be absolutely most basic way of reading epub. Open terminal and use unzip command, it can unzip epub without renaming it. You will get several html files which contain the text, ignore any other files. Oddly Firefox refuses to open them. But Seamonkey can and is maybe most pleasant way to view them, so can little html viewer called Surfer that BarryK included in EasyOS. No menu entry, you have to call it from CLI. LibreWriter can. So can Geany and Leafpad though they show all the html tags so makes it unpleasant to try and read. Oh well I thought it was interesting.

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