Microsoft Edge will no longer support ePub file format for e-books

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What you need to know

Microsoft Edge will no longer support e-books using the .epub format.
The Microsoft Store has a collection of ePub apps that Microsoft recommends.
Microsoft removed books from the Microsoft Store earlier this year.

The Microsoft support page outlining the end of ePub support for Edge states that Microsoft collaborated with the DAISY Consortium to create a list of ePub applications. Those applications are expected to be in the Microsoft Store after September. For now, Microsoft recommends that users check out the "Reading room" collection of reading apps in the Microsoft Store.

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