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HotCakeX
Mar 02, 2020MVP
Use Calibre E-book manager (free) to read your EPUB files
Saw some people wanted to read EPUB files but it is discontinued in Edge classic, and it was a good decision since Edge is a browser, not a E-book reader. it also lacks so many essential features for...
Reza_Ameri-Archived
Nov 17, 2020Bronze Contributor
I shared this feedback to Microsoft Edge team in past, so I would recommend anyone interested in EPUB feature, share feedback in Microsoft Edge.
Adobe also got product for EPUB
https://helpx.adobe.com/digital-editions/using/get-started-with-adobe-digital-editions.html
HotCakeX
Nov 17, 2020MVP
They already said no native epub is coming to Edge. it's a browser, not book reader. plus, PDF is a better and more universal format that's being supported in Edge.
there also addons to have epub reader in Edge:
https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/epubreader/gbfdomjljjkagpgdlidoicebkgpienmf
- Reza_Ameri-ArchivedNov 18, 2020Bronze Contributor
Yes, no support for EPUB is current plan for Microsoft Edge , however in case people would really love this feature , especially those who migrate from Microsoft Edge Legacy might request it and in case many people ask for this , then Microsoft Edge team will reconsider.
Agreed PDF is recommended format and personally, I am not using EPUB and there was few cases where I did and I used Adobe one which I mentioned.
- HotCakeXNov 18, 2020MVPYes and I mentioned other programs on my post above.
there is no reason to bloat the browser with unnecessary stuff. epub is unnecessary while there are many alternative software built primarily for that.- Ibukun MomsonNov 18, 2020Iron Contributor
HotCakeX Is there any means to convince the legacy Edge development team to publish the Epub and PDF readers previously bundled into legacy Edge as a separate simple standalone UWP application published in the store?
This would be a great service to Epub readers everywhere! I still say nothing out there as of today compares to the built in Epub reader of Legacy Edge.