.EPUB File Extension

Are you having difficulty opening a file that ends with .EPUB? Such files can be executed only by certain programs. If you cannot open the .EPUB file, it can be due to the following reasons: either you do not have an appropriate program to open it, or your file association is corrupted. For more information about this extension, please read the article below.

What is a .EPUB file?

.EPUB file belongs to the category of eBook Files used in operating systems such as Windows 11, 10, Windows 7, Windows 8 / 8.1, Windows Vista, Windows XP.

epub

Developer: IDPF

File Type: Open eBook File

Category: eBook Files

Format: Zip

.EPUB file is associated with Open eBook File developed by IDPF, has a Zip Format and belongs to eBook Files category.

An EPUB file is considered a digital e-book saved in the EPUB format (an open format of digital books with XML-based publishing). The format is standard in the digital publishing environment, used by publishers/consumers to store book text, chapter links, covers, images, and other ebook elements.

Supporting programs with hardware devices can view EPUB files.

Additional data

The EPUB format is built on three open standards that are supported by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF):

Open Publication Structure (OPS), which defines content markup.
Open Packaging Format (OPF), which describes the structure of an e-book.
Open Container Format (OCF) packages each e-book file into a compressed format.

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