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Anyone know what format the books are in?


Based on what's on ZLibrary and LibGen: various formats, though principally PDF, ePub, and DJVU (similar to PDF), with significant additional instances of Mobi (Kindle), FB2, RTF, DOCX, DOC, and a few others to a lesser extent.

Most ebook readers (with the exception of Amazon's own Kindle reader) can read virtually all of these, though some will require additional extensions. E.g., FB Reader <https://fbreader.org/>, PocketBook Reader <http://reader.pocketbook.digital/eng>, Onyx's Neoreader (BOOX) <https://onyxboox.com/> ... no indepedent download AFAIU, KOReader (Kobo)<https://www.kobo.com/us/en/p/apps>, Moon+ Reader, etc.

Many of these are designed for tablets or e-ink devices, though you'll also find desktop/laptop versions of some software (e.g., FBReader).

F-Droid ebook readers: <https://search.f-droid.org/?q=ebook+reader&lang=en>




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