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We've compiled a list of 11 free and paid alternatives to FBReader. The primary competitors include calibre, Okular. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between FBReader and Cool Reader, Scribd, AlReader. Also you can look at other similar options here: News and Books Solutions.
We've compiled a list of 11 free and paid alternatives to FBReader. The primary competitors include calibre, Okular. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between FBReader and Cool Reader, Scribd, AlReader. Also you can look at other similar options here: News and Books Solutions.
Scribd is a digital library platform offering access to ebooks, audiobooks, documents, and magazines via subscription. It supports offline reading and personalized recommendations. Ideal for users seeking a wide range of digital content in one app.
ReadErais a versatile e-book reader supporting multiple formats like FB2, EPUB, MOBI, AZW3, PDF, DjVu, and Microsoft Word documents. It allows users to read books and documents for free without ads or registration, and can open files directly from Z…
iPad
iPhone
Mac
Android
FBReader is an e-book reader for various platforms.
Features:
Supported e-book formats are:
ePub, an international e-publishing standard.
fb2, a Russian e-books standard de facto.
Non-DRM'd version of Mobipocket, a popular commercial e-book format (
Mobipocket eBook Reader).
plain text is supported, however FBReader might not always correctly split text into paragraphs.
some subsets of RTF and MS Word Doc.
Direct reading from tar, zip, gzip and bzip2 archives. (Multiple books in one archive are supported.)
Automatic library building.
Automatic language and character encoding detection is supported.
Automatically generated contents table.
Embedded images support.
Footnotes/hyperlinks support.
Position indicator.
Keeps the last open book and the last read positions for all opened books between runs.
List of last opened books.
Automatic hyphenations. Liang's algorithm is used. The same algorithm is used in TeX, and TeX hyphenation patterns are used in FBReader. Patterns for Czech, English, Esperanto, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Ukrainian are included in the current version.
Text search.
Full-screen mode.
Screen rotation by 90, 180 and 270 degrees.
Currently FBReader works on
Linux desktop.
Windows XP/Vista computer.
MacOS X (port of Stanislav Gobunov).
FreeBSD computer.
Various linux-based mobile devices:
Sharp Zaurus with Qtopia-based ROMs, pdaXrom or OpenZaurus ROM.
Archos PMA430.
Siemens Simpad with Opensimpad 0.9.0/Opie ROM.
Nokia 770/N800/N810 Internet Tablets (maemo).
PepperPad 3 handheld web computer.
Motorola A1200 smartphone.
Motorola E680i/A780 smartphones. (This port is available from the third-party site.)
IRex iLiad. (This port is available from the third-party site.)
Sync between devices
Night mode/Dark Theme
Multiple languages
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