I am trying to find a good service to read ebooks (preferably for free) but as long as it is a good experience I don’t mind paying. Thanks for your opinion.

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Depends on the platform.

If you’re on an Apple device at least, the built-in Books app works great for reading ePub files.

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Can you just read local epub files using the books app?

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I think so, I believe you can open them in Books via the Files app on iOS.

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Yes

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On Android I like Moon+ Reader, on my Kobo I installed koreader

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What made you switch to a different app on the Kobo?

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I didn’t completely switch, koreader is installed side by side with the official software but it has a lot more feature and it suite my needs. Eg. I’m a developer and I wrote an Obsidian plugin to retrieve all my highlights and notes from koreader

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Try moon reader pro for android, it got project Gutenberg and feedbooks built in and you can configure your own source also it has a lot of necessary feature like darkmode for books and stuff.

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Libby is an online library, so you can borrow books from them. They also have audio books. All you need is a library card (which iirc you can sign up through libby).

You can read the books in the libby app itself (not bad, maybe a little clunky) or if you use something like a Kindle, you can have it sent to that, and read like normal. I believe it does others than kindle, but that’s what I use, so that’s all i know.

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ReadEra.

The free app is so bloody good and adfree already, I bought it just to support the developer after using it for 8 years or so.

Tried several others before and nothing comes even close.

Android, no idea if any other version exists.

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Yes, I use that app too, it’s stylish and exactly what I need from an ereader app

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