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Question

Which Epub reader is best?

Jun 23, 2014 8:31PM PDT

I have tried Adobe Digital Edition and Sony Reader to catch my epub file but they are pretty slow.....I am looking for best Epub reader. I fail to find any best on internet...........

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How do you mean "catch"?
Jun 23, 2014 8:43PM PDT

And what actions do you find particularly slow?

Kees

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Catch mean loading
Jun 23, 2014 9:24PM PDT

When i double click/Enter epub file it take time to open/load file.... I wants the one that load on quick click/enter..

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Just asking.
Jun 23, 2014 11:28PM PDT

How long does it take to open an ePub book?
And how long does MS Word (or Libre Office Writer or whatever word processor you use) take to open a document with the same number of pages?

Kees

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Jun 24, 2014 7:59AM PDT

So MS word take .5 to 1 Second.... But for any epub software that i use it take full 25 to 40 second

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Best Epub Readers
Jun 23, 2014 9:51PM PDT

You can try Soda PDF 5 or Koobits. In fact Koobits goes easy of space consumption as well, at just 13.47 MB. Notable features are tutorials to familiarize yourself with the software, and option to classify books into various categories and to browse through the books you can download from Koobits.

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No Match
Jun 23, 2014 10:30PM PDT

None of these software use for epub format file...............

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You can try Calibre
Jun 23, 2014 11:21PM PDT

You can try Calibre, which is free and supports ePub and just about every other ebook format out there, but it won't do any kind of DRM ebook format. It has a ebook viewer component, so don't let the fact that it's primary function is an ebook format converter throw you.

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Problem with Calibre
Jun 24, 2014 8:03AM PDT

The problem with Calibre is that it save the file (my Epub file) in it own database that is created at background. and you can't open the file unless and until you/it open Calibre software... I am looking for one that run from my desire folder and it take less than one second to open the epub file.

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Reading the above it seems you want a faster PC.
Jun 24, 2014 2:30AM PDT

The new thing for overall speed is the SSD. Sure you can get a faster CPU, more RAM but I rarely come across those really slow PCs today.
Bob

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Speed doesn't matter
Jun 24, 2014 8:09AM PDT

I got a speed PC and every app/software run with speed and it take 1 second to open the file but epub file takes time to open the file..........

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So let's say it's the app.
Jun 24, 2014 9:05AM PDT

My bet is the app's author is not here. Take this issue up with the app's author next.
Bob