An EPUB comic reader for iPhone, iPad, Android and PC
To read an EPUB comic, add the file to LiveComics in the app or in any browser, then read it page by page, one panel at a time, or read aloud. An ebook app shows a comic page as a picture inside a book, so on a phone you end up pinching and dragging around it. Here the EPUB becomes a comic: its pages come out in the book's own reading order, and Panel view frames one panel at a time to fill the screen. Adding an EPUB and reading it is free.
How do I read an EPUB comic?
Add the EPUB to your library once, and it follows you to every screen you sign in on.
- Make a free account at livecomics.to, or get the app from the App Store, Google Play or the Microsoft Store.
- In your library, press + Add Comics and pick the EPUB. You can pick many at once.
- Choose Pages only, Panel view or Voiced and press Add.
- Your phone or computer takes the page images out of the EPUB, in reading order, before anything uploads. Only the pages go up.
Each file can be up to 2.6 GB. A free account imports 30 comics a month and holds 1 GB, about 20 single issues, with no card. For a bigger collection, Collector is $3 a month for 50 GB and lifts the import limit.
Which EPUB comics work?
EPUBs made of page images, one picture per page, the way fixed-layout comic and manga EPUBs are usually built. The page order comes from the book's own reading order, not from its file names, so the pages come out in the order the publisher set. The pictures can be JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP, AVIF or BMP.
Can I read EPUB comics I bought in an ebook store?
No. A comic bought in the Kindle or Apple Books store stays in that store's app. Kindle books are not EPUB files, and store EPUBs usually come locked with DRM, which encrypts the pages so no other app can show them. LiveComics checks every EPUB on your device and turns a locked one away before anything uploads, with a note that says why. DRM-free EPUBs work, like the files in most Humble Bundle comics bundles.
Can I read EPUB comics on my iPhone, iPad or Android?
Yes. LiveComics is in the App Store for iPhone and iPad and on Google Play for Android, and it also runs in your phone's browser. Add the EPUB from your files, and your place is kept on every device.
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Can I read EPUB comics on Windows or Mac?
Yes. LiveComics runs in Edge, Chrome, Firefox or Safari with nothing to install, and it is in the Microsoft Store for Windows. Press + Add Comics and pick the EPUB, or drag it onto your library, and read it in the browser.
Can I read EPUB manga right to left?
Yes. Choose Manga as the reading type when you add it and the panels run right to left, the way it was printed. The reading type is asked for every book, because nothing guesses it for you.
Why read an EPUB comic one panel at a time?
Because a comic page was drawn for a printed page, not a phone. Panel view finds each panel and fills your screen with it, so you tap to the next panel in reading order instead of zooming and dragging. It is free on every issue, for EPUB, PDF, CBR and CBZ alike.
Can an EPUB comic be read aloud?
Yes. The read aloud in an ebook app reads a book's text, and in a comic EPUB the words are usually drawn into the pages, so it finds nothing to read. Voiced reads the speech balloons from the art itself. Every balloon is read in order by two synthetic narrators matched to each speaker, with the drawn sound effects and a soundscape under every scene. Voices come with a monthly plan or a top-up, and you see the price in credits before you press Add.
What won't work?
A DRM-locked EPUB is turned away, and so is an EPUB novel with no pictures, since it has no comic pages. If a book's lettering is typed text laid over the art rather than drawn into it, as in some fixed-layout EPUBs, its pages come through as the bare art without the words, and Voiced has nothing to read on them. And an EPUB can't be added from a Google Drive or Dropbox link or from a library server yet: download it and add the file from your device.
Do I need to convert EPUB to CBZ?
Not to read it here. LiveComics takes the pages out of the EPUB as you add it, so add the .epub as it is. It doesn't hand you a CBZ file back, so if another reader needs one, you still need a converter for that reader. If a store offers the same comic in several formats, take CBZ: it is a zip of the page images and opens fastest. EPUB works just as well once it is in your library, and a PDF takes a few minutes to prepare, because every page has to be rendered first.
Straight answers
What is the best EPUB comic reader?
It depends on how you read. An ebook app shows each page as a picture in a book. If you want one panel at a time on a phone, or the comic read aloud, use a reader built for comics: LiveComics does both on iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows and in any browser.
Is there an EPUB comic reader for iOS?
Yes. Install Live Comics: Comic Book Reader from the App Store on an iPhone or iPad, or open livecomics.to in Safari, then add the EPUB from the Files app. It reads page by page, one panel at a time, or aloud.
What is the best EPUB comic reader for Android?
One built for comics. Install Live Comics from Google Play, or open livecomics.to in Chrome, then add the EPUB from your phone's files. Panel view is free and fills the screen with one panel at a time.
Can I open an EPUB comic without an account?
Yes, to look through it. Open livecomics.to/open-cbr-files and drop the EPUB on the page, or pick it with the Open button there. It opens page by page in the tab, and the file never leaves your device. To keep it, read it panel by panel or hear it aloud, add it to a free account.
Can comics be read on a Kindle?
A Kindle e-reader can take an EPUB through Amazon's Send to Kindle, but a full comic page looks small on most e-readers, so a phone or tablet is often easier. Comics bought from Amazon stay in Amazon's own app and can't be added here.
Is this EPUB comic reader free?
Yes, to add and read your comics. A free account imports 30 comics a month with 1 GB of storage, about 20 single issues, and no card. Panel view is free on every issue, and voices come with a monthly plan or a top-up.
Are my EPUB comics private?
Yes. What you upload lands on your own private shelf and nowhere else, and you can delete any of it at any time. You keep ownership of everything you add.
LiveComics is not affiliated with Amazon, Apple or Humble Bundle. They are named only to describe where your files came from.
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