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https://github.com/michaldaniel/Ebook-Viewer

Modern GTK Python Ebook Reader app to easily read epub files
https://github.com/michaldaniel/Ebook-Viewer

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Modern GTK Python Ebook Reader app to easily read epub files

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## I do not develop this anymore and I'm not sure I will. Stop starring me.

As far as I know [Bookworm](https://github.com/babluboy/bookworm) does everything better anyway. And this thing suffers from terrible home baked parsing engine. Or just consider more up to date fork. 



![Icon](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1345297/18609855/7f6c13b2-7d0c-11e6-9fc7-0a23a251d2ea.png)



# easy-ebook-viewer

Modern GTK Python app to easily read ePub files



Ebook Viewer is currently in early stages of development. It's a re-write of old ebook reader called [pPub.](https://github.com/sakisds/pPub)



Planned for first public release:

- [x] ePub opening & display

- [x] Basic chapter navigation

- [x] Restoring of reading position

- [x] Importing from other ebook file formats

- [x] Chapter jumping

- [x] Chapter index based navigation

- [ ] Per book bookmarks

- [x] Switching between light and dark style

- [ ] Text size control

- [ ] eBook font picker



Enormous rendering improvement is on the way too.



Future plans:

- [ ] Native non-DRM mobi support

- [ ] Native txt support

- [ ] Native html support

- [ ] Content searching

- [ ] Pernament highlighting

- [ ] Book metadata display

- [ ] Ability to edit book metadata



## Installing



**Requires**: gir1.2-webkit-3.0, libwebkitgtk-3.0-0, gir1.2-gtk-3.0, python3-gi (PyGObject for Python 3), python3-xdg



Download or clone this repository then run in project directory:



```sudo make install```



Note the lack of configure step so make sure you have all dependencies.



## Screenshots



Dark Theme



![Dark theme](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1345297/19221520/4357d038-8e45-11e6-849b-d83a9fe496ba.png)



Light Theme



![Light theme](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1345297/19221521/43b2f698-8e45-11e6-839c-e9c41ab0aea6.png)