Personally I do not like reading in Browsers on my devices although clearly it can be done.
For me especially with books I want more navigation options for chapters and bookmarking etc. On iOS - Voicedream Reader is what I use nearly all the time though iBooks is a free option. Voicedream I like because you can easily navigate by time or book percentage. Just swiping up or down on the play/pause button navigates by the chosen navigation unit. Swiping up or down on the percentage box navigate in increments of 5% On Android I also use Voicedream Reader though it is not as good as on the iOS side as it tends to be erratic at controlling speed of playback for some voices. For this reason I also use 3MP Reader (I think that is what it is called( - I might have to check. This is also a good reader but I have found no way of deleting books from the library. For both readers on Android I find it best to open the books directly from a File Explorer type program like Total Commander or even the Dropbox app. The big selling point of Android readers for me is the ability to use Eloquence speech. On Windows I use QRead which is a paid app but has good screenreader support. Pressing control H will normally bring up the book heading, normally including chapters etc. You can navigate as if you werer for example in a word document. Text Aloud Mp3 or its free alternative - I cannot remember its name Bannabolka I think are options for conversion of ePub into mp3. On the Mac side I used to use Stanza but support for modern ePub formats has also become erratic with spurious characters being included. I personally find iBooks flaky with frequent busy messages as well so I am not sure there is now a problem free good Mac option though iBooks is the best of a bad bunch I guess. Note that not everybody has the problems with iBooks that I encounter so it might be fine for you. Finally of course the Victor Reader Stream is an excellent ePub reader with good button navigation options. The books will play with TTS when placed in the $DTB folder. David Griffith David Griffith. -----Original Message----- From: Dane Trethowan [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 30 June 2017 19:42 To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm! Subject: Re: [Techno-Chat]: Reading ePub books Your option makes a great deal of sense as it can be applied universally and I’ll be able to read the ePub titles I now have on my Sony Android phone without any trouble at all. > On 1 Jul 2017, at 4:10 am, Travis Siegel <[email protected]> wrote: > > I know a lot of folks don't like this option, but for me, it works well. > > An epub file is just a zip file with all the contents of the book compressed > into a single file. > > All you need to do to read an epub book is extract the file, then navigate to > the html files, and read them with your browser of choice. I like this > method, and it works for me, your mileage may vary. > > Of course, this won't work if you have drm protected epubs, as the browser > won't know how to decrypt the drm content, but under all other circumstances, > it works just fine. > > > > On 6/30/2017 1:54 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote: >> Hi! >> >> I'm new to this format. >> >> Can anyone recommend good Apps I could use to read ePub books? >> >> I assume Voicedream reader on IOS will work so what about Windows PC, Mac >> and Android? >> >> Thanks >> >> > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > ------------------------------ > > This post, like all posts to the Techno Chat E-Mail group has been scanned by > our server-side antivirus/malware solution. This should not, however, be > viewed as a substitution for your own security strategy. 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