Can't find a Windows eBook/ePub reader that works (for epub rules and codexes)

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**evanogainen**

So I have a few codexes and other things in ePub format which work fine on iOS and android (albeit a little slower).
However I have never found a single program capable of reading them on Windows.

Has anyone else actually managed to find any programs for Windows that work for reading ePub codexes (eg Warhammer 40k ones) ?

**chromedog**

Calibre works fine for me (also reads several other ebook formats like .mobi).

I use it for porting the ebooks to both my main tab (which runs windows) and my backup which is a 'droid. All the epubs I have read fine on all three systems.

**Yodhrin**

Yep, Calibre and SumatraPDF should have you covered for just about every format known to humanity.

**evanogainen**

I tried both Sumatra and Calibre and neither could read Mont'Ka properly. Yet iBooks has no issue with it at all on my phone.
(and this is the epub version not the enhanced one)

Calibre couldn't even convert it to mobi properly either, so I can't even use it on the kindle app.

Literally nothing thus far can open it, and it's a common thing I'm finding with the GW ePub files. iBooks is fine, nothing on Windows will read it however.

**Guildenstern**

amazon kindle reader for PC

that's what I've used

It's a bit of a hassle with GW tbh - not everyone has apples ><

I'd probably be a lot more interested in a lot of their publications if they worked properly for PC.

I've also read where the Kobo app works - I've not tried it myself.

**FoxPhoenix135**

One I like is called Ice Cream Reader. Its completely free and ad-free as well.

**Talys**

Calibre is awesome

**Big Mac**

I have 'book bazzar reader' on my pc laptop as back up for my ebooks, it reads GW novels and farsight enclaves fine.

**AndrewGPaul**

There's an ePub plugin for Firefox, that works fine for the epub files I've bought.

**Charax**

evanogainen wrote:
So I have a few codexes and other things in ePub format which work fine on iOS and android (albeit a little slower).
However I have never found a single program capable of reading them on Windows.

Has anyone else actually managed to find any programs for Windows that work for reading ePub codexes (eg Warhammer 40k ones) ?

If only the place that you bought them from (presumably) had a page about formats and what programs to use to watch them.

http://www.blacklibrary.com/Home/ranges-and-formats.html

**Skinnereal**

Firefox crashes for me when it uses a gig of RAM. I stopped using the plug-in because of that, but the size of BL ebooks has dropped since.
I use Nook for desktop or Adobe Digital Editions. Both have downsides, but I get what I need from them.