How to open an ePub?

The acquisition of virtual literature in our time has long been easy. For this, you do not need to go out and go to a bookstore: just visit the site of the relevant subject to order a book there. There is an opinion that over time people will completely abandon the usual books in favor of virtual books. After all, the only drawback of the digital analogue of the literary work is that it can not be held in hands, scanning the rustling, smelling pages of the printing house.

And yet convenience and practicality for modern man mean much more than a desire to feel in the hands of something tangible. In addition, people often do not have the opportunity to carry a heavy book with them everywhere: in a tiny lady's handbag, where the necessary minimum of things is just placed, in a backpack, and without that complete textbooks. Much more convenient in this respect is some universal device that allows you to read your favorite works in transport and at work, and does not take up too much space.

Not surprisingly, an increasing number of readers recognize the convenience of virtually presented information. This leads to the fact that paper books are bought most often just for the collection, so that once and for all to put a beautifully designed volume on the shelf, to the rest of the author's works. People get acquainted with the content of the book through its virtual counterpart.

The transition to "figure" has another plus - reducing the burden on the long-suffering environment. The influence is indirect, but very significant. Just imagine how many forests are cut down to produce a large paper print run. Of course, electronic books do not require such victims.

How to open ePub

There are several formats in which virtual literature is usually distributed. Not so long ago, one of the most popular were FB2 and PDF. Earlier, electronic texts were presented mainly in the simplest format txt. But time does not stand still, and now readers are asking a new question: how to open an ePub, which imperceptibly became the second most popular format, without surpassing except that FB2.

Incidentally, books with the latest extension are perfectly converted into a new format, while preserving both markup, and fonts, and initial design. Converters can be used different: online and desktop. The first should include, for example, "fb2epub" for the authorship of Peter Sorotokin. The program is, according to the developer, experimental, but at the same time it easily reads and converts the ePub format.

One of the best desktop converters, according to users, is the multifunctional "Caliber".

Mozilla Firefox

But still there is a question, than to open ePub, received after conversion. You can also do this in several ways. One of the easiest and most convenient is to take advantage of the capabilities of the browser. For those who are faced with this format for the first time and do not know what to read ePub, this option is best suited. Here you will not need any additional software. Users of Mozilla will have to install the extension EPUBReader. After that, the browser will have an additional button, clicking on which, you can choose one of the free books in the catalog or add your own.

When you activate any link to the book in the desired format, it will also be added to the list. You can download the literature from the hard disk via the main menu of the browser: "file" - "open". All e-books added by the user will remain available when the Internet connection is turned on or off.

Google Chrome

In this browser, the problem is how to open the ePub, similarly. Only here is the necessary plugin called MagicScroll. By analogy with the previous one, this extension adds a new icon to the main tab with the applications. To place a book you like in the library, you just need to click on its cover - and it will open in the "reader". A variety of functions allow you to customize the display of pages to your liking. You can change the color gamut, design, font, and activate the full screen mode, so that nothing distracts from reading.