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With this, multimedia e-books can also be displayed and read well.\n<h4>Android smartphone or tablet<\/h4>\nAs a rule, an e-book store of the manufacturer is integrated, for example Google Play.\nFree reading apps for Android are, for example, Adobe Digital Editions, Aldiko or Moon Reader.\n<h4>Desktop<\/h4>\nA wide range of reading software is now available for reading on the desktop computer. A multifunctional programme is Calibre, for example, which can also be used to convert formats or edit metadata.\n<h4>E-Book Reader Apps<\/h4>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thorium.edrlab.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thorium Reader<\/a>\u00a0 Mac, Linux, Windows\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adobe.com\/de\/solutions\/ebook\/digital-editions\/download.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adobe Digital Editions<\/a>\u00a0 Mac, Windows, Android, iOS\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/de\/apple-books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Books\/B\u00fccher<\/a>\u00a0 iOS, Mac (integrated software)\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/calibre-ebook.com\/download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calibre<\/a> Mac, Linux, Windows, Android, iOS","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EECLECTIC offers different formats, suitable for the respective publications, and your reading habits. &#8211; epub 3 suitable for: e-readers, reading apps on smartphones, tablets, desktop computers &#8211; fixed layout epub suitable for: reading apps on smartphones, tablets, desktop computers &#8211; pdf suitable for: Reading apps on smartphones, tablets, desktop computers and some e-readers (e.g. Tolino [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-50","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to read my e-book? 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