EPUB Reader
Upload DRM-free EPUB books and read them inside Screvi on web, iPhone, iPad, and Android, with highlights, notes, typography controls, and synced reading position.
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Read Your Own Books in Screvi
Upload an EPUB and Screvi becomes your e-reader. Highlights you make land in the same library as your Kindle and article highlights, in full context, and you are not tied to any store's ecosystem.
Upload an EPUB
- In the web app, go to Sources and click Add Source.
- Under Upload an EPUB, choose the file (up to 50 MB) and click Upload & Create Book.
- Screvi extracts the cover, title, author, and chapters. The book appears in Sources, ready to read.
Already have highlights for the book from Kindle or elsewhere? Open that source and choose Attach EPUB to add the file to it, so the highlights and the book live together.
The Reader
- Two-page spread on wide screens and iPad, single page on phones
- Table of contents with progress per chapter
- Typography: font (Figtree, Lora, Literata, Spectral, Atkinson Hyperlegible, or System), size, line height, line width, and justification, plus one-tap presets
- Themes: light, dark, sepia, and paper
- Search the whole book with Cmd/Ctrl+F
- Progress: percentage, pages left in the chapter, and a position that syncs across devices
- Right-to-left books are detected from the file and paginate correctly
Highlights and Notes
Select text to highlight it, pick a color, add a note, tag it, or favorite it. Every highlight syncs to your library and shows up in your feed, search, and review sessions.
Send It to Your Kindle
Prefer e-ink? Open the book's menu and choose Send to Kindle. Screvi emails the original EPUB to your Kindle address. Setup takes two minutes: see Send to Kindle.
Supported Files
- EPUB 2 and EPUB 3 with reflowable text
- Fixed-layout EPUBs (comics, some textbooks) are not supported
- DRM-protected files are not supported. Books bought from most stores carry DRM; look for DRM-free sellers or your own conversions.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does my reading position sync between devices?
Yes. Open the book on your phone and it picks up where you left off on the web, even after changing font size.
Can I read EPUBs in the mobile app?
Yes. The iOS and Android apps include the book reader with tap-to-turn pages and a two-page spread on tablets.
Where do the highlights go if I delete the EPUB?
They stay on the source. Detaching or deleting the file never deletes highlights.
Still have questions?