Free, open-source, and cross-platform eBook reader based on the Readium Desktop toolkit. #EPUB Reader #EBook Reader #EBook Organizer #Reader #EBook #EPUB
Good eBook readers are not particularly hard to find, especially if you're willing to pay a premium for them. Thankfully, there are some very good, free eBook readers out there as well, and most of them are usually cross-platform.
Thorium Reader is one such app: a free, cross-platform, and open-source EPUB reader that works on most Linux distros (particularly Debian-based ones), macOS, as well as Windows 10. It's based on another open-source project called Readium Desktop toolkit and it's available in a plethora of languages.
It doesn't stand out in any particular way, even though it ticks all the right boxes. Why should you use it?
At first glance, Thorium Reader works just like most apps of this sort. You can import ebooks from a directory or an OPDS feed, you can read them on any screen size, you can customize the layout and various visualization aspects.
You also get multiple ways of navigating between contents or pages, and you can set bookmarks. In terms of format support, Thorium Reader is capable of handling .lcpl, epub, epub3, audiobook, .webpub, .lcpa, .lcpaudiobook, .lcpdf, .pdf, .lpf, .divina, daisy, .zip and .opf.
Last but not least, the app works with LCP protected files as well.
It's safe to say that Thorium Reader offers the same basic features that most epub/ebook readers do.
However, the developers behind this project have gone to great lengths to make this reader as perfectly suitable for visually impaired users as possible.
All of this is possible thanks to technologies such as NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver, and Narrator bundled within.
Thorium Reader is not the most stylish, or the most feature-packed epub/ebook reader out there. Be that as it may, it does so many things right, and by catering to the needs of visually impaired users, it's one of those products that deserves a lot more praise.
What's new in Thorium Reader 2.4.1:
- HOTFIX: Some users experienced a regression bug in Thorium v2.4.0 where the bookshelf would be empty at application launch, accompanied with an error message popup. This is due to publications that were previously imported with missing metadata titles (an edge case that should never occur as valid EPUB files guarantee the presence of title). This bug is non-fatal in the sense that upgrading to version 2.4.1 (or even downgrading to Thorium v2.3.0) allows publications to load in the bookshelf without any loss. However there is a possibility of corrupting the library database if Thorium 2.4.0 is not immediately closed after the error. Therefore we strongly recommend upgrading to 2.4.1.
Thorium Reader 2.4.1 / 2.5.0 Alpha 1 (337c7d5)
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- Linux
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- EDRLab.ThoriumReader_2.4.1_amd64.deb
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