FBReader Premium

FBReader.ORG Limited

About this app

Upgrade to the Premium Edition of the popular ebook reader.

Features available in this premium version:
* Reading aloud (via Android text-to-speech)
* Google Translate and DeepL integration
* Built-in support for PDF and comic book formats

Main ebook formats: ePub (including main features of ePub3), PDF, Kindle azw3 (mobipocket), fb2(.zip).
Other supported formats: comic books (CBZ/CBR), RTF, doc (MS Word), HTML, and plain text.

To assist reading in a foreign language, use FBReader's dictionary integration to look up words or phrases. You can choose from a wide selection of external dictionaries.

In FBReader Premium, you can translate sentences directly in the app using the integrated Google or DeepL translator.

FBReader supports sync of your library and/or reading positions with the FBReader book network (https://books.fbreader.org/), a Google Drive™ based cloud service. The synchronisation is disabled by default; to enable and configure it, use the preferences dialogue.

FBReader is fast and highly customisable - it can use external TrueType/OpenType fonts and custom backgrounds, the screen brightness can be adjusted while reading (slide finger up/down along the left screen edge), and different day/night colour schemes can be selected.

This reader also includes a browser/downloader to access network ebook catalogues and stores. Several popular English, French, Russian, Chinese, and Polish libraries are included. Custom OPDS catalogues are supported, too.

Alternatively, you can download books manually and save them on your device in the folder Books.

In addition, this reader is localised for 34 languages and includes hyphenation patterns for 24 languages.

Ratings and reviews

After the last update, the font has changed, and giant margins appeared on the right. The settings haven't changed on their own. Reducing the right margins to 0 makes it slightly better but doesn't fully solve the problem. Changing the font doesn't affect the application.

I hate that I had to buy this. They disabled the TTS+ Pluggin in the free version of FBR and lied, saying that since it was old the pluggin was "losing features" and wouldn't let me use it. I paid my money and the pluggin works fine again. And it has more features than the reader they've built into FBR. The only reason I'm not refunding this scam is because it's the cheapest ereader with TTS functionality.

Best ebook reader. Period. I use it on all of my Android, iOS, and Windows devices. The cross-platform sync works flawlessly for me, which saves time trying to find my place. Does everything I want and need it do. I've recently replaced Freda with FB Reader on my desktop due to recent updates, and I'm glad that I did. The app opens every file type I've loaded without hesitation.

What's new

* Notifications for any background activity
* Stability fixes