FBReader is an open source ebook reader for various platforms. It supports various ebook formats like epub, oeb and fb2 and other open source formats.
The FBReader Android apps provide automatic language and character encoding detection and it comes with dictionary integration. While reading eBook you can go with automatic scrolling so that you no longer need to scroll your devices every time. It also supports Bookmarks of eBooks for future quick references straight from your Android mobile phone.
The important features of FBReader are –
- Direct reading from tar, zip, gzip and bzip2 archives
- Includes hyphenation pattery for 16 languages
- ePub an international e-publishing supported
- Fb2 formats ebooks too supported
- Plucker formats from Palm ebook
- Non DRM’d version too supported
- Automatic Library building
- Position indicator
- Provides Zoom in and Zoom Out option
It also includes a browser, download for network ebooks catalogs and stores. Once you install this app on your Android mobile phone it will automatically create a folder named Books in your SD card so you can also manually download books and place them on Books folder in your SD, it will auto update the library.
You can change the font type and size and it also supports night reading where it will have the black color background instead of the white one along with ability to dim or brighten the screen within the app. This makes the reading of capable on your mobile devices and if you have screen size of more than 4 inches then the experience is worth.
Dropbox & FBReader Integration
The cloud storage is the major buzz on the web and Dropbox is a leading provider of 2 GB of free online storage. The Dropbox and FBReader form a great combination. FBReader lets your specify where you can store ebooks in your library. So just store your ebooks on Dropbox and it will be always easy for you to access or download or move new ebooks to that folder from your PC or mobile or any other device. So along with FBReader download Dropbox on your Android mobile.
