It can read even DRM-protected books and is recommended by some book publishers. Actually It looks a little like the Kindle app for Mac OS X. The bookshelf is a little is better looking than Calibre’s and so is the user interface. Like Calibre, Adobe Digital Editions has a “bookshelf” where you can see the digital books in your library collection. It reads PDFs and epubs, and XHTML books and has “borrowing” suport. Adobe Digital Editions boasts that it is designed specifically to be a fast and free ebook reader.Donwload Calibre for PPC Macs, OS X 10.4 or later.Download Calibre for Intel Macs, OS X 10.5.2 or later.An older version for PPC Macs on OS X 10.4 and later is also available. The latest version runs on Intel Macs running OS X 10.5.2 or later.The Calibre user interface looks dated and rather un-Mac-like, though. It can also be used as a library manager, similar to iBooks library for iOS. Calibre reads epubs and other file types and touts its ability to convert files from one format to another.The problem is that is is no longer in development and it appears it is no longer available for download online. Downloading is working perfectly again. It can be installed on PPC or intel Macs running OS X 10.4.8 or later.Stanza Desktop allows for customization and can read books in various formats.Here are the top three free that you might want to check out
There are other good ebook readers, but I have included in this only those that are free and those that support epub files. This list are in my opinion the top three epub readers for Mac OS X. And I’m also writing for the first time about an app from Adobe. Now I’d simply like to list down some of their basic features. I’ve written about installing Stanza and Calibre and couldn’t help but complain about what I see as their limitations as readers. Those looking for an epub reader for Mac OS X might want to try one of the free apps mentioned below.
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