Question about ePub, e-book readers

Progman3K · l33t Joined: 03 Jan 2004 Posts: 773

Hi,

I'm wondering what software should I use to read e-books?

I have installed Sigil.
It works perfectly but it is an e-book editor and sort of overkill for someone who only wishes to read an e-book.

What are your recommendations? What is the Gentoo way?

Thanks!

Fitzcarraldo · Posted: Sun May 26, 2013 5:26 pm Post subject:

I have installed Calibre:

Progman3K · l33t Joined: 03 Jan 2004 Posts: 773

Thanks, Fitzcarraldo!

I've installed and tried both and both are quite good!

Thanks again!

jasn · Guru Joined: 05 May 2005 Posts: 439 Location: Maryland, US

I also use Calibre to manage my ebook library and do format conversions, etc. Also I guess once it's installed, since it includes an ebook reader, there's not that big an incentive to also install a standalone ebook reader. However, I did go ahead and install, [urlhttp://fbreader.org/]FBReader[/url], since I use the Android port as my main reader program on my Nexus 7. Funny thing is that the Android port is updated regularly, but not so much the Linux port. Plus the website claims;