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What software can I use to view .epub documents?

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possible duplicate of: Ebook Reader Software – BuZZ-dEE Oct 26 '12 at 12:21

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You can use calibre software for viewing .epub documents.

To install calibre from terminal:

sudo apt-get install calibre

Or click the icon below.

calibre Install calibre

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calibre is amazing. You can import just about any format and convert it to just about any other. Great for downloading magazines, viewing books, and pushing to your favorite ebook reader. – csgeek Nov 22 '10 at 15:07
Yes, well, providing it outputs properly. Tried doing an ePub to RTF translation the other day (I am a huge fan of Gentium Book Basic, so I try to retypeset all my books) and had OO complain the file was corrupt. – Samizdata Nov 24 '10 at 12:33
Today got my first epub file. Did not know this format existed. – Luis Alvarado♦ Mar 1 '12 at 12:49
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I recommend fbreader. Small, fast, single key page turning. Quite pleasant.

fbreader Install fbreader

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Decent app, a bit buggy, but it works. – HDave Aug 19 '12 at 15:26
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Another useful option, try this in Firefox; https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/45281/, a fairly good extension for the Firefox web browser that lets you read .epubs from the browser, especially good since on Ubuntu you are likely to be using Firefox and it is usually kept open when you are using your computer.

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Really neat, thanks a lot! – legends2k Sep 8 '12 at 9:03

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