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Xb2u7Zjzc32/FBReader
Stable release
1.10.0.5 / April 21, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-04-21)
Preview release
2.0 beta 14 / November 23, 2013; 10 years ago (2013-11-23)
Written inC++, Java
Operating systemCross-platform
Available inMultilingual
Typee-book reader
LicenseGPL (free software)
Websitefbreader.org

FBReader is a free and open source e-book reader for Linux, Microsoft Windows, and other platforms.

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, mobipocket (mobi) without DRM, and plain-text.[1]

A desktop version of FBreader

DAISY 3 format support was added to a fork of FBReaderJ for Android distributed by Benetech as Go Read for Bookshare on Google Play.

History

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FBReader was originally 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.[2] 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.[3]

Components

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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.

References

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Notes

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I plan to revert FBReader deletion:
FBReader is essential for epub reading on Linux,
the only other choice is CoolReader for GNOME desktop environments.

~~ Xb2u7Zjzc32 (talk) 03:39, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

PROD policy explains they may be undeleted in most cases simply by request. So I don't see any issue in your comment. But you'll need to pull it out of the userspace as I see it was usefied in order to do so.
Rjd0060 12:22, 19 June 2015 (UTC)
EPUB shows several Linux readers, so "essential" may be a bit of an overstatement, but that isn't a deletion criterion, is it?
LeadSongDog 12:29, 19 June 2015 (UTC)
LeadSongDog: EPUB shows several Linux readers
  • FBReader & CoolReader are the only GNOME desktop ones in the Ubuntu software repository
  • not as usable as iOS or Android ones
  • FBReader is the least-bad stand-alone EPUB Reader
Xb2u7Zjzc32 14:50, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

FBReader

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essential for epub reading on Linux, only other choice is CoolReader for non-KDE

  • FBReader & CoolReader are more android focused.

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Category:Linux text-related software Category:Embedded Linux Category:Free multimedia software Category:Free software programmed in C++ Category:Free software programmed in Java (programming language) Category:EPUB readers Category:Free and open-source Android software