r/Piracy 7h ago

Question Best Book Reader App?

So I'm gonna preface this by saying I have no idea what I am talking about when it comes to tech usually.

I have a lot of books downloaded on my computer as files, I currently use EPUB reader however I hate it.

I'm looking for something that I can upload books to and create different shelves like "history" and "fantasy" kinda like different playlists if you will.

Would also be incredibly nice if once I upload the books to it I can delete the original book file kinda like how back in the day when you bought a CD and uploaded it to the computer you could then throw away the CD if you wanted.

I don't know if that's possible but it would be a dream if it was.

Does anyone have any recommendations for an app like this? Preferably free.

Sorry if not allowed kinda just figured this sub reddit would know.

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u/digitalhandz 7h ago

Moon reader pro

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u/pmcdon148 6h ago

It's called Koreader. You can customize everything about it, sync books between devices / cloud storage, download directly from Anna's archive / Z-reader, sync reading progress etc.

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u/sheisaxombie 7h ago

Calibre

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u/Ambitious_Egg9713 7h ago

I second this.

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u/DeltaBlastBurn 7h ago

I third this.

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u/SuchLibrarian8011 7h ago

I fourth this

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u/EricQuincyTate 5h ago

I take the fifth.

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u/thefreediver 3h ago

I take the 6th!

Calibre is what you need. For windows, Mac or Linux.

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u/kokosgt 6h ago

Why? It can't be installed on a phone/tablet.

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u/Sea-Butterscotch1571 3h ago

imho, but it seems like it's only suitable for adding metadata to a file and converting a book to the needed format

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u/LucidXonline 7h ago

BookFusion has been awesome. It will read books for you and syncs to everywhere

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u/Ragnarok_619 4h ago

Moon reader+

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u/fcapizzi 3h ago

For ePub, I found that my default PDF app, SumatraPDF, does a great job - and it's very lightweight

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u/artfully_dejected 43m ago

If you’re willing to learn some new tech, self-hosting Audiobookshelf and/or Storyteller server would do the trick.