.EPUB file extension

How to open file with .EPUB extension?

Klaus Mehler, 28.08.2014
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.EPUB is the file extension developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated for the needs of their proprietary software. The files with the .EPUB extension belong to the "Document Files " category. The full name of this type of files is Open Publication Structure EBook. Files with the .EPUB extension can be opened in several ways. The easiest is to install the manufacturer’s application. Fortunately, this is not the only method. There are many applications on the market that successfully open files with the .EPUB extension. Below is a list of such applications. Among them are also applications fully free of charge for home use.

Open Publication Structure EBook

Ads OS Software
WINDOWS
Adobe InDesign Adobe InDesign
Sigil Sigil
QuarkXPress QuarkXPress
Adobe Digital Editions Adobe Digital Editions
Calibre Calibre
FBReader FBReader
Nook for PC Nook for PC
Sony Reader for PC Sony Reader for PC
eCub eCub
Hamster Free eBook Converter Hamster Free eBook Converter
MAC Nook Nook
Sony Reader Sony Reader
Ulysses Ulysses
Linux Okular Okular
Android OverDrive Media Console for Android OverDrive Media Console for Android
Sony Reader for Android Sony Reader for Android
iOS iBooks iBooks
Stanza Stanza
OverDrive Media Console for iPhone OverDrive Media Console for iPhone

After downloading and installing the software in our system, files with the .EPUB extension should be automatically associated with the new application. With this association, the file can be opened by double-clicking the mouse. If for some reason we still cannot open the file with the .EPUB extension, we still have one method. It involves the attempt to open the file from the installed application. Choosing from the menu "FILE", we perform the command "Open" and the explorer window we select the file we are interested in, and then we confirm by pressing enter. This method is more time-consuming, but enables us to definitively state whether we use the correct application to open the files with the .EPUB extension. If we are sure of it, we then use the extended reference menu (shift key and right mouse button) and by selecting "Open With", we select the appropriate application and we permanently connect it with a file with the extension we are interested in.