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1. PDF
2. my computer
3. I've opened books of every format on my computer
4. I right click on the book, to which a menu opens up. I click on "view" and it opens a readable form.
5. It opens the book from its place of download. All I see is the cover page and description at the back. No other pages are displayed .
6.The error says "can't open file" when I tried to access it directly from the downloads.
7. I did read the "Top Tips and retried everything listed."
Please help me.
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Brenda Rugara wrote: 17 Mar 2022, 07:12 1. PDF
2. my computer
3. I've opened books of every format on my computer
4. I right click on the book, to which a menu opens up. I click on "view" and it opens a readable form.
5. It opens the book from its place of download. All I see is the cover page and description at the back. No other pages are displayed .
6.The error says "can't open file" when I tried to access it directly from the downloads.
7. I did read the "Top Tips and retried everything listed."
Please help me.
As explained in the first post, issues such as that need to be reported via your Update tab. :tiphat:
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1. Pdf
2. Tablet
3. Tried using the app found on playstore to open the book but it didn't work
4. I click on "view"
5. When I tap to try to open the book everything goes blank nothing is displayed
6. Can't open file
7.read tips
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Nina Pequena wrote: 17 Mar 2022, 15:36 1. Pdf
2. Tablet
3. Tried using the app found on playstore to open the book but it didn't work
4. I click on "view"
5. When I tap to try to open the book everything goes blank nothing is displayed
6. Can't open file
7.read tips
You need to report it via your Update tab, then.
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i have managed to open the book using calibre. thank you so much.
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1. EPUB
2. Laptop
3. Yes
4. Download the file then open it. It automatically opens on a free EPUB Reader called Freda.
5. The file opens on Freda but it is blank.
6. No
7. Microsoft Edge but it was also blank
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Njeri Mutarura wrote: 28 Mar 2022, 09:03 1. EPUB
2. Laptop
3. Yes
4. Download the file then open it. It automatically opens on a free EPUB Reader called Freda.
5. The file opens on Freda but it is blank.
6. No
7. Microsoft Edge but it was also blank
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1. Epub
2. Android phone
3. yes
4. I download the file using an e-reader app and also the OBC reader app
5. I was able to download the file, but the number of pages are wrong and also some pages are blurry. It is difficult to read the file.
6. No
7. Yes (OBC reader)

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1.The ebook is in epub format.
2. I'm using android pdf to open the file.
3. Yes, i have successfully opened a file in this format before.
4. In my device i simply go to the file, download it and open it in pdf.
5. In step #1, when i download the file i do it successful but when i want to open it it says " the file cannot open" and if i go to play store it says " your device is not compatible to this format" the epub format.
6. I don't get an error message.
7. I read and tried the "top tips". I used the ebook format.
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Odina Tinga wrote: 02 Apr 2022, 06:25 1.The ebook is in epub format.
2. I'm using android pdf to open the file.
3. Yes, i have successfully opened a file in this format before.
4. In my device i simply go to the file, download it and open it in pdf.
5. In step #1, when i download the file i do it successful but when i want to open it it says " the file cannot open" and if i go to play store it says " your device is not compatible to this format" the epub format.
6. I don't get an error message.
7. I read and tried the "top tips". I used the ebook format.
You need the Nook App to open it. You can't open an epub format with a pdf program.

You can try to convert the file to pdf via the free Calibre App.
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Thank you so much, i will try it.
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I've downloaded OBC reader but I can't find the book. There are free books but it not there.
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Nomusa Dladla wrote: 04 Apr 2022, 16:15 I've downloaded OBC reader but I can't find the book. There are free books but it not there.
You should report it via your Update tab, NOT here.
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Unable to download the book.

error in finding an application tha can help me access the book
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sheila muthoni wrote: 12 Apr 2022, 12:10 Unable to download the book.

error in finding an application tha can help me access the book
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