Kindle devices appeal to many people. When everything works, they're great. But Amazon is becoming more and more finicky, both in terms of supported formats and the freedom to manage your own books.

It’s almost hard to remember, but when it came out, iBooks could read only EPUB files, not PDFs, and the only way to load them was by syncing with iTunes. Over a number of releases of both iBooks and ...

Amazon’s Kindle is the world’s most popular e-book reader, light, versatile and high-quality, the device has been refined and has helped many people to migrate from reading physical books to reading ...

All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Mashable may earn an affiliate commission. Kindles used to only ...

EPub document files are imported using the file-sharing feature built into the iTunes multimedia management software, or they can be sent as email attachments. However, an ePub-compatible app must be ...

Initially released in 2007, ePub or Electronic Publication is an open e-book format that’s easily accessible on various devices, including e-readers, tablets, phones, etc. It gives flexibility to the ...

You know how Apple sometimes freaks out about protecting intellectual property, even disabling certain features to discourage piracy and push users to their own digital content stores? A good example ...

In another instance where it would have been nice of Apple to publish more-complete release notes, we totally missed a significant change in the iBooks app until recently. Back in “Take Control’s ...

Google now lets you upload your personal reading content directly from your Android device. This offers a much more convenient way to read the things you want, rather than just what's available on the ...