Help opening ebook files (epub, mobi, PDF, etc.)

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Charlotte Adams
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Re: Help opening ebook files (epub, mobi, PDF, etc.)

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1.epub, OBC Reader
2. Android
3. No, this is my first book.
3. Opened it as the app a d website instructed.
4/5. Upon opening the app and clicking on the book it appears the "Praise for The Unfakeable Code", the contents, introduction, and much of the book are jumbled up to the point it's unreadable. Paragraphs start and end with partial words, parts of the book are mixed in with the aforementioned praises, contents, etc.
6. No error message.
7. Followed all Tips that I could apply, but none really apply to this situation. I believe the book was possibly uploaded incorrectly.
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Post by van yesihaveone »

cannot finish
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Post by Kaitlynn Inman 1 »

I am waiting for it to finally arrive snail mail but I’m starting to get this icky feeling in my guts that I may have been a victim of thievery… mail, porch, any kind of deliveries is HOT ON BLACK MARKET !!
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1. ePub
2. Android
3. No
4. I tried using an ePub reader I got from playstore it returned an error message saying it cannot open a zip file. Then I downloaded another app and got a similar response. Then I tried downloading a zip file extractor. Still I got an error message.
Please note that I also tried downloading the OBC app and the Free Nook app recommend here, they are both apparently not available in my country. The Kindle app also refused download, no reason was given here.
5. I have before opened ePubs using an app similar to what I used here without a problem. I think the unique thing here is the error stating that this is a zip file.
6. Yes. With the ePub readers it says something like "Cannot open zip file". On the zip file extractors it just says error.
7. I tried two ePub readers; i) Reasily, ii) ePub reader. Then for the zip file extractor i used Fast Unzip Unrar Tool. All downloaded from playstore.
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Post by Danya Howery »

I am trying to find a way to read an epub for a book I agreed to review. I tried a couple apps for iPad but the format of the eboook was messed up somehow.
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Post by Trinity Sais »

1. The book will not load
2. iPhone
No
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Caroline Cutting
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Post by Caroline Cutting »

I no longer want to review this book but you don’t have an option for that.
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Post by Erin Salie »

1.EPUB on OBC app
2. iPhone
3. Yes
4. I clicked the book
5. Download is stalled at 23.2%, I have closed the app and reopened, turned off my Wi-Fi, turned on airplane mode and then reconnected to my Wi-Fi- but the download will not start up again
6. No error message
7. Yes I read the Tips
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Post by van yesihaveone »

I cannot afford to buy the book. please cancel me from this book.
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Post by Micaela McCutcheon »

I don't have this book.
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Post by Collins Idachaba »

1. The file is in epub format.
2. Am using an Android phone
3. Yes i have successfully opened a file of this format on the same device.
4. The step i took to open the previous file was to download the book and then use google playbook to open and read. I tried using the same playbook to open this file but it didn't open at all. I previously submitted this error report about a week ago but i got no response after successful submission.
5. It goes wrong upon attempt to open the book. It just displays plain pages with nothing to read.
6. There's no error message, it just opens showing blank pages.
7. I downloaded OBC Reader from google play store, but it also didn't open the book.
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Post by Sarah Zain »

epub
Android iPad
Yes
I downloaded it directly and it's a success
But the last book just open the first page on OBC and the half of it directly, i reported that
But now it affect my score as it counts as incomplete review which i know it's not my fault
How could that be solved
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The format is epub.
It brings an eror
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Post by Sarah Zain »

epub
Android iPad
Yes i download before a complete file
This time i tried opening it on OBC and it doesn't open except for one page
I report that
And when i tried to download directly, it downloaded half of the book
and it was considered incomplete review
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Post by Leia Leia »

It says "Your device isn't compatible with thsi version" when i try to download the render app.
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