Microsoft Edge Stops Supporting ePub Format Officially

Earlier this year, Microsoft has confirmed that the end of support for ePub file is coming with the release of the Chromium-based version of Edge. And on November 18,Microsoft Edge officially stopped supporting ePub files for good. So now you get one less tool to view your ePub files. In this post, we are going to introduce you to best 4 free ePub readers for Windows.

Calibre is one of the oldest and the best free Epub & open source reader for your Windows. It acts as an e-library and also allows for format conversion as well as e-book organizer and an integrated e-book viewer. The app is packed with features allowing you to do things like converting ebook format, manage metadata, etc. Calibre is not only good for reading normal Epub novels but also magazines, comics, and more. The software comes with a basic e-book reader that supports full screen mode for distraction-free reading and that lets you choose your preferred method of pagination and gives you the ability to bookmark pages. If you are looking for a good Epub reader for your Windows PC, Calibre is certainly the top contender for the job.

Icecream Ebook Reader is one of the best EPUB readers that transforms your computer screen into a convenient top-notch ebook reader. This ebook reader supports ePub, MOBI, Fb2, PDF, CBR, CBZ, TXT formats. The added books are organized in the program's Library. The books can be sorted by format, recently read. The custom categories creation provide the best way to organize the added books. One can highlight text and add notes to ePub, MOBI, FB2 and TXT ebooks. The text of the ebooks of the mentioned formats can be selected, copied and translated. It's possible to add bookmarks to the books and search for text in the ebooks.

Adobe Digital Editions is the first big-name free eBook reader which supports EPUB and PDF files. ADE offers an engaging way to view and manage eBooks and other digital publications. Organize your eBooks into a custom library and annotate pages. Reading with ADE is then fairly straightforward. There are a few basic viewing options, so you can display one or two pages on the screen at a time, increase or decrease text size at a click, and scroll through the book using your mouse or the keyboard. You get a simple text search tool, and the ability to create bookmarks on particular pages, and of course there's a print option, too.

Kobo Desktop for Windows is a free app that lets you read and buy eBooks. It lets you manage eBooks on your Kobo eReader, read books you've purchased from Kobo, shop for books on your computer and sync your eReader. Kobo desktop app has 9 different font sizes to choose from, and other features include table of contents, bookmarking and bookmark menu, jump to page dial, and there's a brightness adjustment dial. What’s more, it syncs all your bookmarks, so you can switch between your computer, Kobo eReader, tablet or smartphone and always pick up right where you left off.

Bonus tip: if you want to convert kindle/google play/kobo books to ePub, you can read this step by step guide to remove DRM and convert to ePub using Epubor Ultimate.

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Amazon Black Friday Deals 2019

When is Black Friday 2019?
Black Friday 2019 falls on Friday 29 November, but the Amazon Black Friday sale will run for eight days, starting at 00:01 on Friday 22 November and running until 23:59 on Friday 29 November. Presumably it will then turn into a Cyber Monday sale for another few days.

In addition to the main Black Friday sale, Amazon will also run some 'Countdown to Black Friday' or 'Early Black Friday Deals' starting on Friday 15 November, then the confirmed 'Black Friday Week Sale' starting on Friday 22 November, and then the big Amazon Black Friday sale itself which will start on Friday 29 November 2019.

When Amazon Black Friday sale is over, the Cyber Monday sale will begin and run until midnight on Cyber Monday.

What are the best Amazon Black Friday Deals for 2019?
There are definitely some of the best Amazon Black Friday 2019 deals including Amazon devices and services, like Echo speakers and screens, Fire TV Sticks and Fire Tablets, Kindle e-readers, and discounts on services like Kindle Unlimited, Amazon Music, Amazon Video and Audible. Those promotion starting dates and deals are listed below: 
Starting November 22:
Fire HD 8 is $30 off – just $49.99
Fire HD 8 Kids Edition is $50 off – just $79.99
Fire 7 Tablet is $20 off – just $29.99
Fire 7 Kids Edition is $40 off – just $59.99
Fire HD 10 Tablet is $50 off - $99.99
Kindle Paperwhite is $45 off – just $84.99

Starting November 24:
Fire TV Stick with 4K with Alexa Voice Remote is $25 off – just $24.99
Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote is $20 off – just $19.99
Fire TV Cube is $30 off – just $89.99

Starting November 27:
Blink XT2 3 Camera Kit is $65 off – just $184.99
Ring indoor cam 2 pack is $40 off, just $99.99

Starting November 28:
Echo Dot with clock is $25 off – just $34.99
Echo Dot is $27.99 off – just $22.00
Echo Auto is $20 off – just $29.99
Echo (3rd gen) is $40 off – just $59.99
Echo Show 5 is $40 off – just $49.99
Echo Show is $80 off – just $149.99

When it comes to the size and discount of the Black Friday sales, no ecommerce platform can compete against Amazon. Let's start adding products to cart!

What’s New about the Latest Amazon Fire HD 10?

Amazon has just updated its most popular tablet. The latest Fire HD 10 tablet features a faster eight-core processor, a new picture-in-picture mode, improved battery life that should last 12 hours on a charge (up from 10 hours on the previous model), and of course, a new USB-C port instead of micro USB.
The Amazon Fire HD 10 gets a few small-but-worthy improvements for 2019, making its value-for-money proposition stronger than ever. Here are the key specifications, price and release date of Amazon Fire HD 10 (2019):
• 10.1 inch 1080p FHD display
• 2GHz octa-core processor
• 2GB RAM
• 32GB/64GB storage
• Expandable up to 512GB via microSD
• USB Type-C charging
• 12-hour battery life
• Release date: Pre-orders from 4 October, ships 30 October
• Price: $149 (32GB); $199 (64GB)

Now the new Fire HD 10 is 30 percent faster because of the new processor, and it offers 20 percent better battery life. The microSD storage has been expanded to a maximum of 512GB (up from 200GB on the older model). What’s more, Amazon has finally added USB-C to one of its tablets for the first time, which enables fast charging on the Fire HD 10 in addition to being far more convenient to charge. There are also some new colors — twilight blue, plum, and white — in addition to the standard black.

Barnes & Noble just Introduced Book Haul

Barnes and Noble has just announced its biggest Book Haul -- New, noteworthy & bestselling eBooks are 50% off! Now fill your NOOK® with beloved bestsellers from favorite authors. The book haul includes new releases, bestsellers, paperbacks, kids’ favorites and more at Barnes & Noble, both in stores and online. You can find #bookhaul deals in your local store and online at bn.com/bookhaul.

So here comes the question: how can you get rid of Nook DRM in order to take full control of your purchased Nook books? Such as back up your Nook books to your local disk and share your books with loved ones, etc… We are thrilled to tell you that Epubor Nook DRM Removal can decrypt your Nook books easily. For more detailed instructions, you can follow this step by step guide to remove DRM from Nook books.

How to Remove Nook DRM on Windows 8/10

Since Nook discontinued Nook for PC and Nook Study, it has made it quite difficult to decrypt Nook books. However, customers are still able to download Nook books via Nook App, thus it’s the only one way to figure out the decryption key in order to remove Nook DRM.
Epubor.com always bring us with good news. This time they released a lightweight software to remove Nook DRM easily – Nook DRM Removal, which is also the only effective DRM Removal for Nook books on the market. Below is the step by step guide to remove Nook DRM successfully.
Step 1, download Nook books via Nook App.
Install Nook App from Microsoft store to your computer and sign in to your Nook account. Then you will be able to download Nook books.
Step 2, Install Epubor Ultimate to your computer
Tips: Since Nook App is only available for Windows 8/10, you can only use Epubor Ultimate for Windows to remove Nook DRM.
Step 3, remove Nook DRM. 
When you launch Epubor Ultimate software, you will see that all of your nook books that are downloaded via Nook App appear under Nook tab on the left panel. To remove Nook DRM, you just need to add your Nook books to the right main window.

Tips: you can find the drm free Nook books by clicking Decrypted or the book folder icon on the lower right corner of the software.
As long as you remove DRM from Nook books, you will be able to back them up to your computer and share them with anyone freely.

What’s New in calibre 4.0?

Calibre has just been updated to version 4.0, and it brings about some big changes, such as the new content server, the all new ebook viewer, etc. Due to switch from Qt WebKit to Qt WebEngine, calibre rewrite various parts, including the E-book Viewer, PDF Output, Book details etc. Now the Content server has the ability to Edit metadata, Add/remove books and even Convert books to and from all the formats calibre itself supports. 

The biggest change is the all new ebook viewer. According to the changelog, the calibre builtin E-book viewer has been completely rewritten. The new design emphasizes the book text, with no visible controls. The viewer now also shares a codebase with the in-browser viewer which will make developing new features such as the upcoming support for annotations much easier.

Personally, I like this new ebook viewer, now it’s way faster to load the books and turn pages than before. Hopefully, calibre will keep making it better for reading. 

Tips: if you always prefer to read books with caliber, here’s guide on how to remove DRM from Kindle/Kobo/Google Play/Nook books, which might be helpful for you to read DRM protected books with calibre.

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How to Remove Kindle DRM on macOS 10.15 Catalina?

As long as you have updated your macOS to the latest 10.15 version, you can never use 32bit application on Mac anymore and you are forced an update to 64bit app. Since Epubor Ultimate software can’t support the latest Kindle app, thus mac users feel very anxious about the fact that they can no longer remove Kindle DRM with Epubor Ultimate on Mac. Don’t panic, there are still 2 best alternative methods for you to decrypt Kindle books on Mac.
Method 1: Export Kindle books from Kindle Cloud Reader as mobi/azw3/ePub files with Epubor KCR Converter
Step 1: Run Google Chrome Browser. Then login to your Amazon Cloud Reader account and Enable Offline Reading.

Tips:
1. If you fail to enable offline reading after updating to the latest version of Google Chrome browser, please add Kindle Cloud Reader Chrome Extension to Chrome browser and you'll be able to Download & Pin Book.
2. Google Chrome is the only browser that can work with Epubor KCR Converter.

Step 2: Right click the Kindle book and select Download & Pin Book.

Step 3: Install and launch KCR Converter. All Kindle books downloaded via Kindle Cloud Reader will appear on the main interface of KCR Converter automatically.

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Tips: Whenever you download and pin any new Kindle book from Kindle Cloud Reader, you need to relaunch Epubor KCR Converter in order to upload all of your downloaded books to the main interface of KCR Converter, or the new downloaded Kindle books won't be detected.

Step 4: Select the books you want to convert, then choose EPUB/AZW3/Mobi as the output format and click on Convert button to start the conversion. Then the selected Kindle books will be converted to DRM-free Mobi/EPUB/AZW3 files soon. At the same time, the folder which stores the converted files will pop up immediately.

Method 2: If you have Kindle e-ink device, you can download & transfer Kindle books from Amazon website to your kindle device via USB, then use Epubor Ultimate to remove DRM. 

Step 1: Go to Amazon website, sign in your account and click Manage Your Content and Devices in the drop-down menu and find your Kindle books under Content column.

Step 2: Click the three dots icon to the left of the book title and select Download & transfer via USB. 

Step 3: Select your Kindle e-ink device in the pop-up window and click Download.

At the same time, this Kindle book will be downloaded to your Mac as well. 

Step 4: Use Epubor Ultimate to remove DRM.

First of all, go to Amazon website and find the Kindle serial number.

Second, run Epubor Ultimate, go to the user center >> settings >> Kindle >> input the Kindle serial number. 

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Third, drop & drag your downloaded Kindle books to the main interface of Epubor Ultimate in order to remove DRM.