FBReader
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 FBReader on Maemo | |
| Stable release | 1.10.0.5
/ April 21, 2014 |
|---|---|
| Preview release | 2.0 beta 14
/ November 23, 2013 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C++, Java |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Type | e-book reader |
| License | GPL (free software) |
| Website | fbreader |
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]
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
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]
The original FBReader was writting in C++, however in 2007[4] 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.[5]
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.
Nikolay Pultsin
- Geometer Plus LLC is developer of FBReader(.org)
- 2005 FBReader by Nikolay Pultsin.
2007 July Nikolay founded Geometer Plus LLC., St.Petersburg, Russia.
2013 June FBReader.ORG LTD, England and Wales Company No 08579768. - Select and Access Company Information - companies-house.gov.uk
- FBReader - google play
- read phone status and identity
- is geometerplus.com but tells google: geometerplus.org - Geometer Plus LLC joined the Open Dictionary API Alliance
- FBReader.org website - Xena Shurubura
- CoolReader - Vadim Lopatin
- CoolReader - Vadim Lopatin - play.google.com
essential for epub reading on Linux, only other choice is CoolReader for non-KDE
- FBReader & CoolReader are more android focused.
reading on handhelds
- FBReader Android Supports Slovo
- fbreader adds drm
- yotaphone adds fbreader
- top reading apps for sony-z3
References
- ^ FBReader: About FBReader
- ^ FBReader: obsolete versions
- ^ FBReader and its .fb2 format, maemo.org forum, 2005
- ^ "geometer/FBReaderJ". GitHub. Retrieved 2015-07-03.
- ^ "geometer/FBReader". GitHub. Retrieved 2015-07-03.
External links
- Official website
- FBReader Android package at the F-Droid repository
- Help building FBReaderJ (How to build)
- fbreader - androidcentral.com
- FBReader - Mobile Read Wiki
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
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