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EPUB Resources
A comprehensive (OK, probably not) list of EPUB devices, tools, and applications. Items marked with [EPUB3] claim to provide some level of support for EPUB 3. Please let us know if you're aware of anything that's missing! [Last updated: 11 March 2013]
Places to go for information
- EPUB3 Specification @ IDPF
- Build a digital book with EPUB - Great article on creating an EPUB by hand.
- Twitter #eprdctn tag - (What is eprdctn?)
- EPUB Resources and Guides
- Pigs, Gourds, and Wikis - Liz Castro's blog .. great stuff on EPUBs!
- EPUBsecrets Resources
- eBook Ninjas podcasts
- ... more to be added!
Dedicated eReader devices
- Amazon Kindle
- Barnes & Noble Nook
- Kobo eReaders [EPUB3]
- Sony eReaders
- Lots more! See Comparison of e-book readers at Wikipedia.
Desktop eReader applications
- Adobe Digital Editions - (free) OS X, Windows
- Azardi - (free) Linux, OS X, Windows [EPUB3]
- Blio - (free) Windows
- Bookle - (USD 10) OS X
- BookReader - (USD 10) OS X
- Calibre - (free) Linux, OS X, Windows
- Cool Reader - (free) Linux, Windows [EPUB3]?
- EPUBReader plugin - (free) Firefox (Linux, OS X, Windows)
- FBReader - (free) Linux, OS X, Windows, others
- Kindle - (free) OS X, Windows
- Kobo - (free) OS X, Windows
- Lektz plugin - (free) Google Chrome (Linux, OS X, Windows) [EPUB3]
- Lucifox plugin - (free) Firefox (Linux, OS X, Windows)
- Murasaki - (USD 9) OS X
- Nook - (free) OS X, Windows
- Readium plugin - (free) Google Chrome (Linux, OS X, Windows) [EPUB3]
- Sony Reader - (free) OS X, Windows
- ... more?
Mobile eReader applications
- Aldiko - (free) Android
- Apple iBooks - (free) iOS [EPUB3]
- Blio - (free) Android, iOS
- Bluefire Reader - (free) Android, iOS
- Cool Reader - (free) Andriod [EPUB3]?
- FBReader - (free) Android, and others
- Gyan Reader (from Helicon Books) - (USD 5) Android [EPUB3]
- Go Read - (free) Android
- IDEAL Web Reader - (free) Andriod
- Kindle - (free) Android, BlackBerry, iOS, Windows Phone 7
- Kobo - (free) Android [EPUB3], BlackBerry, iOS [EPUB3]
- Lektz - (free) Android, iOS [EPUB3]
- Mantano Reader - (free) Android
- MegaReader - (free) iOS
- Nook - (free) Android, iOS
- Sony Reader - (free) Android, iOS
- ... more?
Online eReader applications
- Book Glutton - Social reading. BookGlutton connects people inside digital books!
- Booki.sh - Your own ebook library in the cloud, accessible from anywhere and almost anything.
- Bookworm - A free platform for reading ePub books online.
- Ibis Reader - Read ePub books on your computer or mobile device.
- Kindle Cloud Reader - Read Kindle books on a Windows PC or Mac using the Google Chrome or Safari web browsers, on Linux computers using Google Chrome, and on an iPad using the Safari web browser.
- Monocle - Embed EPUBs in a webpage.
- ... more?
Desktop authoring tools that export to EPUB
- Adobe FrameMaker + ElmSoft EPubFm - (USD 50) FrameMaker 6, 7.x, 8, 9, 10 (Windows)
- Adobe FrameMaker (in Adobe Technical Communication Suite) - (USD 1900) Windows [EPUB3]
- Adobe InDesign - (USD 700) Windows/Mac [EPUB3]
- Adobe RoboHelp - (USD 1000) Windows [EPUB3]
- Apple iWork Pages - (USD 70) Mac
- Atlantis Word Processor - (USD 35) Windows
- BlueGriffon EPUB Edition - (195€) Windows/Mac/Linux [EPUB3]
- Doc-To-Help - (USD 745) Windows [EPUB3]
- eCub - (free) Windows/Mac/Linux/FreeBSD/Solaris
- Help & Manual - (USD 600) Windows
- Jutoh - (USD 40) Windows/Mac/Linux/FreeBSD/Solaris
- MadCap Flare - (USD 1000) Windows [EPUB3]
- Open Office Word Processor + Writer2ePub - (free) Windows/Mac/Linux
- oXygen XML Editor - (USD 488) Windows/Mac/Linux [EPUB3]
- Scrivener - (USD 40/45) Windows/Mac
- Sigil - (free) Windows/Mac/Linux
- Tobi - talking book authoring tool (free) Windows [EPUB3]
- ... more?
Online authoring tools that export to EPUB
- EPUB Export (Drupal module) - (free) create EPUBs from Drupal 7 content [EPUB3] (dev)
- Feedbooks - (free?) author and develop eBook content directly in website
- Scroll EPUB Exporter (Confluence addon) - (USD 10 and up)
- ... more?
Desktop EPUB conversion tools/utilities
- Calibre - (free) Windows/Mac/Linux
- DAISY Pipeline - cross-platform, open source transformation framework for creating DTB-based documents from DTBook or XHTML documents - (free)
- DAISY Pipeline 2 - cross-platform, open source transformation framework for creating DTB-based documents from DTBook or XHTML documents - (free) [EPUB3]
- DNAML PDF to ePub - (USD 40) Windows
- DITA Open Toolkit + DITA for Publishers plugin - (free) Windows/Mac/Linux/others (Java)
- DocBook to EPUB XSLT - (free), Windows/Mac/Linux/others (Java) [EPUB3]
- ePub Converter for Mac - (USD 60) Mac
- ePub Maker - (USD 49) Windows
- epub-tools - (free) Windows/Mac/Linux
- epubcheck - (free) Windows/Mac/Linux
- epubfixer - (free) Windows/Mac/Linux
- epubpack - (free) Windows
- eScape - ODT2ePub - (free) Windows/Linux
- Pandoc - universal document converter - (free) Windows/Mac/Linux/BSD [EPUB3] (dev)
- Pincette ODT to ePub - (USD 55) Windows/Mac/Linux (Java)
- WebWorks ePublisher - (USD 800) Windows
- Word to ePub Converter - (USD 30) Windows
- Kindle conversion tools/utilities:
- KindleGen - convert EPUB into MOBI - (free) Windows/Mac/Linux
- Kindle Plugin for Adobe InDesign - save from InDesign to Kindle - (free) Windows/Mac
- Kindle Preiewer - (free) Windows/Mac
- ... more?
Online EPUB conversion tools/utilities
- 2EPUB - convert PDF, DOC, ODT, HTML, and eBook formats to EPUB, MOBI, and others
- BlueGriffon EPUB3 Validator - Firefox add-on to validate EPUB3 packages
- EasyEPUB - create EPUBs from InDesign, Quark or MS Word files
- Epub2Go - free PDF to EPUB converter
- idpf EPUB Validator - EPUB 2 and 3 validator (beta)
- ... more?
Mobile (iOS) EPUB tools/utilities
NOTE: Clicking these links will open iTunes (if it's installed).
- Book Creator for iPad - Create your own beautiful EPUB, right on the iPad. - (USD 4) iOS
- Creative Book Builder - Create, edit & publish your EPUBs on your iPad and iPhone. - (USD 4) iOS
- eBook Creator - Create an EPUB on your iPhone. - (USD 4) iOS
- EverEPUB for Evernote - Make EPUB from your Evernote notes - (USD 4) iOS
- iBookcreator - Create an EPUB on your iPhone or iPad. - (USD 4) iOS
- Rapid Book Creator - Turn your posts from Evernote, Posterous, Blogger, WordPress and any RSS/Atom feeds into EPUBs. - (USD 3) iOS
- RSS2Book - Generate EPUB book from RSS feed - (USD 1) iOS
- Txt2Book - Generate EPUB book from Text - (USD 1) iOS
- Web2Book - Convert web pages to an EPUB - (USD 1) iOS
- ... more?