diff --git a/packages/epub_view/example/lib/main.dart b/packages/epub_view/example/lib/main.dart
index 2a74b799..d64da211 100644
--- a/packages/epub_view/example/lib/main.dart
+++ b/packages/epub_view/example/lib/main.dart
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ class _MyHomePageState extends State<MyHomePage> {
     _epubReaderController = EpubController(
       document:
           // EpubDocument.openAsset('assets/New-Findings-on-Shirdi-Sai-Baba.epub'),
+          // EpubDocument.openUrl('https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11.epub.images'),
           EpubDocument.openAsset('assets/New-Findings-on-Shirdi-Sai-Baba.epub'),
       // epubCfi:
       //     'epubcfi(/6/26[id4]!/4/2/2[id4]/22)', // book.epub Chapter 3 paragraph 10
diff --git a/packages/epub_view/lib/src/helpers/epub_document.dart b/packages/epub_view/lib/src/helpers/epub_document.dart
index b4746b8a..533525ce 100644
--- a/packages/epub_view/lib/src/helpers/epub_document.dart
+++ b/packages/epub_view/lib/src/helpers/epub_document.dart
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // ignore: unnecessary_import
 import 'dart:typed_data';
+import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
 
 import 'package:epubx/epubx.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
@@ -20,4 +21,17 @@ class EpubDocument {
     final bytes = await file.readAsBytes();
     return EpubReader.readBook(bytes);
   }
+
+  static Future<EpubBook> openUrl(String url) async {
+    var uri = Uri.parse(url);
+    final response = await http.get(uri);
+
+    if (response.statusCode == 200) {
+      return EpubReader.readBook(response.bodyBytes);
+    } else {
+      throw Exception('Failed to load epub');
+    }
+  }
+
+
 }
diff --git a/packages/epub_view/pubspec.yaml b/packages/epub_view/pubspec.yaml
index 92d508dd..a3b27f13 100644
--- a/packages/epub_view/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/epub_view/pubspec.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ dependencies:
   scrollable_positioned_list: ^0.3.8
   collection: ^1.17.1
   universal_file: ^1.0.0
-
+  http: ^1.1.2
+  
 dev_dependencies:
   flutter_test:
     sdk: flutter