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ePub is an extension format for electronic publications  , it was generated and used for years for Mobile reader as their favorite extension of choice of electronic publications . ePub still the perfect format on the new generation smartphone including iPhone , Android phones so as iPad and Android Tablets .

There are many Medical book can be downloaded and offered in eBookstores to be Kindle , iPad , iPhone and Android ready , though there many apps for many platforms and services for end-users need to be listed for the new joined users to the modern Phones tablets .

PDF has issues in small screens and ePub was already there as solution for mobile reading ,but because the small screen of mobiles , end users never get used to reading on their mobiles , but right now this is changing , as Tablets ( iPad and Galaxy Tab ) is using similar Operating Systems same as Mobile devices , it adapts the same old technologies for Publication reading .

1 – BlueFire  - link : ( iOS : iPhone / iPad / iPod Touch , Android )

BlueFire is  a free EPUB and PDF reader compatible for iOS (iPad, iPhone & iPod Touch) that supports Adobe DRM. also available for Android phones and Android tabs ” Samasung Galaxy Tab ”
2 – Ibis Reader ( HTML 5 – compatible with Android , iOS ) – link :
Ibis Reader (HTML5)Ibis reader is the first HTML5 e-book reader. It provides a seamless reading experience both online and offline on modern smartphones and supports both EPUB and OPDS.

3 – Aldiko ( Android ) – link :
Free ePub reader for Android devices ( Phones and Tablets ) , includes many features and connect to online ePub Catalogs .

4 – Laputa ePub reader ( Android ) – link :
Free Android devices reader , user can read books online or download them to his device and organize them in his own bookshelf .

5 – Moon reader ( Android ) – link :
Free android phones and tablets ePub reader , Supports txt, html, epub, fb2, umd , chm and zip files. includes many themes as well as many options for easy reading including features for organizing books in the shelf . ( My Bookshelf design: Favorites, Downloads, Authors, Tags; self bookcover, search, import supported )

6 - Wordoholic Reader ( Android ) link :
FREE Android .epub, .fb2, .txt book reader. Wordholic has also many other free products as Wordholic Language learning tool ( for Windows , Linux as well as Android ) , so as Wordholic dictionary ( Android ) .

7 – Tomes (formerly BookShelf) ( iOS : iPad , iPhone and iPod ) link :
ePub reader but also supported many formats such as ( txt , html , pdf , pdb , fiction books , Mobi books , CHM , MHT , Word documents ) . Supported all of those format and remote reading from Dropbox .

8 – Calibre ( Windows / OSX / Linux ) – link :
Calibre Advanced tool for eBooks management , organizing , reading , converting for Windows .

9 – Stanza (Mac/Windows/iPhone/iPad) link :
Stanza is a desktop ePub reader and converter ( Windows and Mac OSX ) ,it’s light-weight, and simple. It can be used to save bookmarks and quick conversions , from ePub to many formats including PDF .

10 – MobiReader ( Windows ) – link :
Free desktop ePub reader and eBooks organizer , simple , light weight as it connect and synchronize ePub files with smartphone, blackberry or PDA .

11 – EPUB Reader – Firefox Extension (Linux/Mac/Windows) link :
it’s a firefox extension there for it work on firefox installed OSX such as Linux , Windows and Mac OSX , it’s simple , light weight and also save time as it does not require extra option or even DB to run .

12 -Blio : ( Windows , iOS ” iPhone , iPod and iPad ” ) http://www.blio.com">link :
ePub reader can be installed for free on Windows and iOS devices also there are options for Dell and Toshiba users . Supported extensions ( ePub and XBS ) .

13 – Sony reader ( iOS , Android , Windows , OSX and supports Sony Tablets ) – link :
Sony released this reader to be professional reader for their eBookstore but it’s also supports ePub readings among other extensions . as it support many OS ( Android , iOS ) and their own devices . ( Sony Tablet ) .

14 – Bookworm ( Online ) – link:
Bookworm is an online service for reading ePub files online , user can create account upload his books read them access them through web browsers .

15 – Lucidor ( OSX / Windows / Linux ) – http://lucidor.org/lucidor/">link :
Free ePub reader supports also OPDS , Organize ePub books in collections on the local machine , it can also convert web feed to eBooks .

16 – Megareader (iOS : iPhone , iPad , iPod Touch ) link :
Megareader iPad / iPhone / iPod Touch OPDS client and a highly customizable EPUB reader based on Quick Reader.

17 – FBReader ( Unix/Windows ) – link:
Free ePub reader for Windows , Unix alike systems including Meamo Powered devices as Nokia .

18 – Ouiivo eReader ( iOS : iPhone/iPad ) – link :
Reads many format other than ePub ( Docs , Txt , PPT ) . reads from OPDS catalogs .

19 -Quick reader ( iOS : iPhone / iPad ) http://www.quickreader.net/ :
access many online freely downloadable OPDS catalogs as it reads local ePub as well .

20 – DNL eBook Reader ( Android ) :
Free ePub reader for Android .

21 - Magic Scroll : ( Web based ) – link :
Html5 Web based ePub reader , user can upload ePub file and read it online .

 

22 – Adobe Digital Edition – link  :

Manage ePub format books and OPDS catalogs free and for Windows and OSX / Linux support is coming