FBReader

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FBReader
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FBReader on Maemo
Stable release 1.10.0.5 / April 21, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-04-21)
Preview release 2.0.13 beta 13 / November 23, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-11-23)
Written in C++, Java
Operating system Cross-platform
Available in Multilingual
Type e-book reader
License GPL (free software)
Website fbreader.org

FBReader is a free and open source e-book reader for Linux, Microsoft Windows, Android, and other platforms that is free of page-view tracking and other invasions of privacy.[1]

It was originally written for the Sharp Zaurus and currently runs on many other mobile devices, like the Nokia Internet Tablets, as well as desktop computers. A preview of FBReaderJ (the Java port) for Google Android was released on April 13, 2008.

Supported formats include EPUB, FictionBook, HTML, plucker, PalmDoc, zTxt, TCR, CHM, RTF, OEB, mobi without DRM, and plain-text.[2]

File:FBReaderWindow.png
A desktop version of FBreader

History

FBReader was originally written by Nikolay Pultsin and released for the Sharp Zaurus in January 2005, a Maemo port was added in December 2005 for the Nokia 770. FBReader has since had binary packages released for many mobile device platforms and most major personal computer (PC) operating systems.[3] The FBReader name with the FB prefix comes from FictionBook, an e-book format which is popular in Russia, the country of FBReader's author.[4]

The original FBReader was written in C++; however, in 2007[5] a fork called FBReaderJ was created, which was written in Java. As the Android platform became available in the following years, this fork became the codebase for the android app, which the C++ codebase remained in use for the other platforms.[6]

Components

For easy cross-platform compiling, FBReader uses zlibrary, a cross-platform interface library. It allows recompiling for many platforms while disregarding the GUI-toolkit used.

Features

  • support Multiple book tar, ZIP, GZIP and BZIP2 archives.[7]
  • encoding detection
  • generates contents table.
  • Embedded images
  • hyperlinks
  • Position indicator (substitutes for page number).
  • library building
  • Most Recent Book
  • last read positions for all previously opened books
  • List of last opened books.
  • Automatic hyphenations
  • Text search.
  • Full-screen mode.
  • Screen rotation by 90, 180 and 270 degrees.
  • Text-to-speech
    • To activate text to speech on the Android platform, install a TTS plugin, such as TTS+ plugin from Hyperionics.[8]

File format support

FBReader supports the following file formats:[9]

  • EPUB : all the main features except the tables. CSS support is not full.
  • EPUB3 : does not support most of ePub 3 specific features
  • Mobipocket : opens non-encrypted *.mobi files. DRM-protected files are not supported.
  • FB 2.0 : fully supported
  • FB 2.1 : lacks support of tables
  • HTML : limited, sufficient support
  • Plain text : supported, might not correctly split text into paragraphs.
  • RTF : subset of RTF
  • DOC (Microsoft Word) : subset of DOC
  • PDF :
    • Android: via separate plugin with third-party library
    • Other platforms: not supported
  • DjVu :
    • Android: via separate plugin
    • Other platforms: not supported
  • Plucker :
    • Android: not supported at this moment
    • Other platforms: “absolute positioning” commands may be interpreted or ignored
  • DAISY 3 : added to Go Read for Bookshare on Google Play
a fork of FBReaderJ by Benetech

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Multi-Platform Support

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Is Your E-Book Reading Up On You? : NPR
  2. ↑ FBReader: About FBReader
  3. ↑ FBReader: obsolete versions
  4. ↑ FBReader and its .fb2 format, maemo.org forum, 2005
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/FBReader
  8. ↑ TTS+ Plugin - enhanced Text-To-Speech plugin for FBReader for Android
  9. ↑ E-book formats, supported and not supported | Free eBook Reader - Free!
  10. ↑ http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/FBReader

External links

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