FBReader for Windows

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Key Details of FBReader

View e-books of various formats and download/buy books from network libraries/stores.
Last updated on March 1, 2025
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Developer’s Description

By Geometer Plus

View e-books of various formats and download/buy books from network libraries/stores.

FBReader is an e-book reader. FBReader supports several free e-book formats: html, chm, plucker, palmdoc, oeb, rtf, and fb2. It also supports direct reading from tar, zip, gzip, and bzip2 archives. FBReader keeps the last open book and the last read positions for all opened books between runs. Other features are automatic language and encoding detection, automatic hyphenations, full-screen mode, and screen rotation.

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Full Specifications

GENERAL

Release: April 3, 2010

Latest update: March 1, 2025

Version: 2.1.3

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System: Windows XP

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 46,293

Downloads Last Week: 9

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User Reviews

3.5/5

10 User Votes

Never figured out how to transfer my books from PC
November 11, 2015
Pros
Seems to display books OK. Lots of features for finding epub books from on-line libraries.
Cons
I spent over an hour trying to figure out how to transfer books that I already had from my PC to FBreader. It should be as simple as putting the files into the Google Cloud directory that the app creates when you enable sync, but that doesn't work. I tried the PC version in hopes that opening books there would somehow sync them to the Android app, but no luck. There doesn't even seem to be a way to browse to my Cloud drive to open books & add them to the library manually.
Summary
Uninstalled. Moving on to try other apps till I find one that works the way I want it to.
CAUTION. Proceed if you dare.
HarrysonFjordJune 19, 2012
Pros
NONE. Please see below.
Cons
Installer has no opt-out for the A/V tool AND a browser search add-on, closing the window will install them anyway. Configured the path to my hard disk EBook folder. After closing app and reopening, it created IT'S OWN FOLDER in C:\EBOOKS. Program immediately crashed upon opening epub file. Uninstaller only deletes it's executable, leaving behind all other associated files/folders and shortcuts to make life more unbearable.
Summary
This must have been a pre-school project for the pimply-faced developer. AVOID!
Great reader.
ryanshapJune 10, 2012
Pros
Reads many file formats, works great on different OS's.
Cons
None so far.
Summary
very simple and useful
ahj1371roozbehMay 5, 2011
Pros
its good and good
Cons
its good and good
Summary
download it!
Light, fast, best formatting, customizable - Windows
cfredcApril 8, 2011
Pros
Click the gear and a world of easy customability opens - fonts, colors, margins, etc. Formatting shows more of what's in the epub than the more popular ereaders. You can customize keystrokes to make the Spacebar cause PageDown.
Cons
All that great formatting is not transferred when you Select and Ctrl-C - too bad, but won't matter to most users. It would be nice to have a two-page view. No way to highlight or annotate text.
Summary
Set up so that when you click an epub in Windows Explorer, it opens in FBReader.
please allow "space bar" to scroll one page
cpuclockSeptember 25, 2010
Pros
almost full function
Cons
not allow press "space bar" to scroll one page
Summary
Far + Away better than MartView!!!!
mrtwillAugust 17, 2010
Pros
also opens epub, lit, + lfr formats, it loads quickly, remembers where you left off in each book you've opened + doesn't use a lot of system resources (unlike some other programs)
Cons
won't open pdf files
Summary
It's supposed to make life easier?
gongdewAugust 14, 2010
Pros
none that could find
Cons
It's supposed to make life easier----not
Summary
Alot of these library programs are not what they're cracked up to be
Good E-Book Reader
cycle_mycleJuly 27, 2010
Pros
It's clean and has decent speed loading, reads many formats, easy to use.
Cons
I haven't experienced any thing other than good from using this software. I've tried other readers too, and so far FBReader is tops.
Summary
I like the looks, it's not a cheap looking software, I believe care has gone into its development. I also like the fact that it loads quickly and doesn't use a lot of resources. All in all I highly recommend this software.
Used Linux vr.on N800
norsedhelMarch 22, 2010
Pros
. Reads everything except .lit. Even reads compressed folders without unpacking.
Cons
Does not read .lit. Linux vr. had trouble with index.Hope this one doesn't.
Summary
Wow, my N800 just died and all similar devices cost as much as a net book or small laptop. So I got a 13" laptop and was hoping I could find a program similar to this, but find"IT" wow