There's always Calibre[1], but it's really bloated. It's a very powerful and capable ebook management system though, it's just not really Mac-ish.
Adobe has a very good ePub reader, called 'Adobe Digital Editions'[2] that runs on Mac, Windows and (I assume) Linux. It's an Adobe Flash/Air application and is much prettier than Calibre. If you don't mind Flash on your mac (I gave up last year), It's currently the best choice.
Thanks. Isn't ePub just zipped xml/html?
Why aren't there more choices? Seems like a wrapped Webkit would do the trick.
Or maybe people just don't read much on PCs anymore.
If you just want to read, Amazon's free Kindle.app is by far the best Mac reader. Use KindleGen[1] to convert .epub to .mobi (or scroll up, someone's already done this here).
However, be warned that it won't allow you to copy text even from an non-DRMed ebook, which is quite silly and makes it useless for anything that has code samples in it. For reading a book on screen it's pretty good though.
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Any recomendation on epub readers for Mac?
There's always Calibre[1], but it's really bloated. It's a very powerful and capable ebook management system though, it's just not really Mac-ish.
Adobe has a very good ePub reader, called 'Adobe Digital Editions'[2] that runs on Mac, Windows and (I assume) Linux. It's an Adobe Flash/Air application and is much prettier than Calibre. If you don't mind Flash on your mac (I gave up last year), It's currently the best choice.
[1]: http://calibre-ebook.com/
[2]: http://www.adobe.com/products/digitaleditions/
[edit] No, there's no Linux version. You can use it with WINE though; use the instructions here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=701191
Thanks. Isn't ePub just zipped xml/html? Why aren't there more choices? Seems like a wrapped Webkit would do the trick. Or maybe people just don't read much on PCs anymore.
It's more than just a zipped xml+css+html. There's a total mess underneath that open format specification (toc, item-references, etc).
Use Calibre (right click -> tweak ePub -> explode ePub), or eCub[1] to see and manipulate what's inside an epub...
[1]: http://www.juliansmart.com/ecub#mac
Adobe Digital Editions runs just great and is always handy. I don't get how no one else is doing something like it.
I've not used it, but http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/kitabu/id492498910?mt=12 looks nice, and it's free.
If you just want to read, Amazon's free Kindle.app is by far the best Mac reader. Use KindleGen[1] to convert .epub to .mobi (or scroll up, someone's already done this here).
However, be warned that it won't allow you to copy text even from an non-DRMed ebook, which is quite silly and makes it useless for anything that has code samples in it. For reading a book on screen it's pretty good though.
[1] http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000...
Readmill is really well designed, though it isn't yet updated for the new iPad.