I have lots of ebooks on my Adobe Digital Editions library. But I don't like the Adobe Digital Editions program at all. It frequently freezes and crashes. Is there any alternative to Adobe Digital Editions that supports reading Adobe ebooks?
Are you fed up with the cumbersome reading experience of Adobe Digital Editions? If yes, it's highly suggested looking for an alternative for Adobe Digital Editions. Here in this place, you will learn the best Adobe Digital Editions alternatives for Windows/Mac.
As for the alternatives for Android/iOS, please read the following articles:
Before introducing the top list for Adobe Digital Editions alternatives, I have to tell you a piece of important news which you must know, that is, most Adobe Digital Editions are protected with Digital Rights Management (DRM). It is the DRM that limits you to read the Adobe ebooks on Adobe Digital Editions only. Therefore, to get the full control of your ebook contents and break the limitation of Adobe Digital Editions, you should remove the DRM from Adobe Digital Editions books. Only after that will you be able to read your Adobe Digital Editions ebooks on the alternative ebook readers.
Just download Epubor Ultimate to help you do the job. With this tool, it's rather easy to remove the DRM from Adobe Digital Editions books. All the Adobe Digital Editions can be detected by Epubor Ultimate. They are all displayed at the left column under the "Adobe" tab. What you need to do is to just drag & drop them from the left to the right column. The DRM will be removed in a second.
In addition, you can also use this powerful tool to help you convert any ebooks to PDF/Epub/Mobi/AZW3/TXT format. DRM-protected Kindle, Kobo, Nook, and Google Play books are well-supported.
Detailed Guide: How to Remove DRM from Adobe Digital Editions
1. Epubor Reader
Epubor Reader is the most beautifully designed ebook reader with really powerful functions in a much intuitive interface. As the best alternative to Adobe Digital Editions, it supports Adobe Digital Editions ePub ebooks perfectly fine. Besides, you can also use this ebook reader to open Mobi, AZW3 and TXT files. What's more, it offers many customizable options like adjustable font type, font size, theme, and page-turning mode. Adding books to Epubor Reader is rather simple just by "drag & drop".
If you are looking for a light-weight ebook reader to read Adobe ePub books, Epubor Reader is your best choice. Why not just give it a try?
Available for: Windows, Mac (10.15 Catalina included).
Supported Formats: EPUB, Mobi, AZW3, TXT.
Pros:
1. Much beautifully designed and user-friendly interface.
2. Easy to add highlight, bookmark and make notes.
3. Offer 5 themes including Day & Night mode switcher.
4. Adjustable font type and font size.
5. Switch between pages and scrolling.
6. Well-structured book sorting according to criteria of author, language, publisher, and ISBN.
Cons:
1. Lack of PDF support.
2. It costs $4.99 (free trial version is provided).
2. Calibre
Calibre is an open-source program for managing ebooks. The software comes with a built-in eBook viewer that supports a lot of ebook formats, including PDF, EPUB, Mobi, AZW3, etc. As an eBook viewer, Calibre lets you choose font size and add bookmarks. However, highlighting and annotating is impossible in Calibre ebook viewer, which is a major disadvantage for an ebook reader. To be honest, it's not as pleasant as Epubor Reader and Kindle for PC/Mac in terms of the reading experience. But as the ebook reader that supports the most file formats, it's still worth a try.
Available for: Windows, Mac, Linux
Supported Formats: EPUB, PDF, Mobi, AZW3, DOCX, TXT, HTML, etc.
Pros:
1. It's a one-stop solution for ebooks as an ebook viewer, ebook manager and ebook format converter.
Cons:
1. PDF files open very slow.
2. The design and interface are not intuitive.
3. Customization options for font type, night mode and background color are not available.
3. Kindle for PC/Mac
As the official reading app for Amazon Kindle books, Kindle for PC/Mac offers a rather pleasant reading experience. It supports almost all Kindle formats. However, Adobe Digital Editions EPUB ebooks are not supported by the Kindle app. If you want to read Adobe Digital Editions EPUB on Kindle for PC/Mac, you can just use Epubor Ultimate to help you convert the EPUB files to Kindle format (AZW3/Mobi). As for the Adobe Digital Editions PDF books, there is no need to convert them to Kindle format, since the Kindle app natively supports PDF reading. You can just add the DRM-free PDFs to Kindle for PC/Mac.
Available for: Windows, Mac, Android, iOS
Supported Formats: PDF, AZW3, Mobi, AZW4, PRC.
Pros:
1. Easy to add highlight, notes and bookmark.
2. Offer 3 color modes including white, black and sepia.
3. Adjustable font type, font size, line spacing, page width and brightness.
4. Supports creating your own collections.
Cons:
1. Lack of EPUB support.
4. Apple Books (iBooks)
Apple Books is the default ebook reader for all Apple devices. You can read the books purchased from Apple bookstore, and any DRM-free EPUB files from elsewhere. A distinguished feature of Apple Books is the support of opening multiple books at the same time. Apple Books owns all the basic functions that an ebook reader must have, like changing bookfont, font size, color modes, and adding highlight, note and bookmark. Most important, Apple books reading experience is excellent. If you are using a Mac computer, Apple Books is a good choice.
Available for: Mac, iPad, iPhone
Supported Formats: EPUB.
Pros:
1. Open several books at the same time.
2. Create your own collections.
3. Change bookfont and font size.
4. Offer 4 color modes including white, sepia, black and grey.
5. Add note, highlight, bookmark.
Cons:
1. Not accessible to Windows users.
2. PDFs on Mac don't open in Apple Books directly, though you can add PDF files to the library of Apple Books. Instead, they open in the Previewer application, or your other default PDF reader.
Conclusion
Above are the best alternatives to Adobe Digital Editions that I'd like to share with you. Undoubtedly, there are many other ebook readers for Windows/Mac. If the above 4 ebook readers don't satisfy you, you can further explore more EPUB and PDF readers that support Adobe Digital Editions books.
Notice:
Before transferring your Adobe Digital Editions books to other ebook readers, remember to download Epubor Ultimate first to remove the DRM from your Adobe Digital Editions books, which is the prerequisite of reading your Adobe ebooks on the Adobe Digital Editions alternative.
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