Windows 10 and 11 desktop users who allow mobile-style “apps” from the Microsoft Store may perhaps find one or two ePub readers there, though they have not been tested here for ‘fixed-layout + animated picture’ support.When you click on an epub file on the internet, you will be asked to save it on your computer or simply chose to open the file with your favorite eBook reader. The old Readium extension for Chrome also went, because it could no longer support javascript. The Microsoft Edge browser had this feature until a few years ago, but the feature was killed off. I could not find any Chrome browser extension that explicitly stated “fixed layout” support. While the DTP software Adobe InDesign can preview a document destined for a fixed ePub, to ePub standards, it cannot then re-import this output and preview it again.
It appears to only preview the first page of an ePub, and as such is not also a Windows reader option for the desktop. There is also Sigil, the dedicated ePub editor. Actively developed, and has now long been “Windows 10 only”. Primarily used as a conversion software, but also has a reader and ebook manager. Free “for personal use only”, so institutions and businesses may be wary of being hit with licencing fees from whoever currently owns it.ģ. No longer developed since about 2016, works back to Windows 7. Does the job quite well but has several problems: i) only supports fixed layout ePUB (can’t even load re-flowable ePUBs) ii) opens files with dimmed background/overlay for the pages every time, and needs to be manually adjusted back to normal brightness iii) it triggered a delayed virus alert for me and was thus uninstalled. Display of small type is not as good as that in Azardi. The best and really the only viable choice for most people, though not the ideal “only choice” to foist on readers of a magazine. And have it look as intended, ideally in non-clunky freeware.ġ. But many researchers, editors etc need to consult or flick through a fixed.
Sure, a PC user is not necessarily going to read a whole magazine/book from a desktop monitor. ePUB reader software found by my tests to adequately support ‘fixed-layout + animated pictures’ with test files, on the Windows desktop.
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