Makes reading an epub exactly the same as an ebook in pdf format.
Beautiful Epub Reader: Transforming Epub into PDF-like Reading
The 'Beautiful Epub Reader' is an Edge add-on that drastically improves the user experience of reading epub files. It converts an epub file to a reader-friendly, PDF-like format, providing 90+% rendering accuracy. Restoring scroll positions when re-opening, allowing change in fonts and styles, providing a sidebar and a night mode are among the many features offered. The extension can also save opened files and history. Further, it provides the ability to directly open local and downloaded epub files, with user approval.
Add-on stats
Manifest V3
Permissions:
- tts
- storage
- fontSettings
- declarativeNetRequest
Host permissions:
- file://*
Size: 1.49M
URLs: Website ,Privacy policy
Full description: See detailed description
Ranking
# 906 ▼ 20
Other platforms
Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
User reviews
Pros
- Very useful and intuitive interface
- Allows for navigation through a table of contents and remembers last read position
- Integrates well with Edge's built-in text-to-speech functionality
- Lightweight and stocked with useful tools
- Good customization options
Cons
- Format errors while opening files that work in other readers
- Recent updates caused issues with night mode
- Some users expressed difficulty with the read-aloud function regarding page assignment
- Footnote display is too large
- Some features (like CSS customization) were noted as missing or inadequate
Most mentioned
- Format compatibility issues
- User-friendly interface and functionality
- Customizable reading experience
- Integration with Edge's read-aloud feature
- Problems after recent updates
User reviews
一直报格式错误,十几本书每一本能打开,而calibre打开完全没问题,不知什么原因。
by Claude, 2025-02-26
非常好用的阅读器
by 俊, 2025-01-13
Best choice of several epub reader plugin.
If We can add comment with content, like Diggo, it will be prefect.
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Display of footnote is too large.
by 兵, 2024-12-24
Add-on safety
Risk impact
Beautiful Epub Reader does not require any sensitive permissions.
Risk impact analysis details
- Low Request access to the following domains:
Risk likelihood
We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Beautiful Epub Reader. Use it at your own risk.
Risk likelihood analysis details
- High This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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