FictionBook
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| Filename extension | fb2, fb2.zip |
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| Developed by | Dmitry Gribov |
| Initial release | 2004 |
| Latest release | 2.21 / 16 January 2008 |
| Type of format | e-book file format |
| Extended from | XML |
| Extended to | fb3 |
| Website | fictionbook.org |
FictionBook is an open XML-based e-book format, which originated and gained popularity in Russia. It is supported by e-book readers such as FBReader, AlReader, Haali Reader and Okular under Linux. The FictionBook files have the .fb2 filename extension.
The FictionBook format does not specify the appearance of a document; instead, it describes its structure. For example, there are special tags for epigraphs, verses and quotations. All the ebook metadata, such as the author name, title, and publish information, is also present in the ebook file. Hence the format is convenient for automatic processing, indexing, and ebook collections management. This also allows automatic conversion into other formats.
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[edit] Differences from other eBook formats
In contrast to other eBook formats (e.g. ePub) FictionBook eBook contains just one xml-like file. Images (and possibly other binary data) are converted to Base64 and reside inside the <binary> tag, this resulting into an eBook being of larger file-size.
[edit] External links
- FictionBook Portal
- FictionBook 2.1 specification
- FictionBook.lib site with many ebooks in FB2 format
- www.fictionbook-lib.org site with english e-books in fictionbook format
- ManyBooks.net site with all Project Gutenberg books in FB2 format
[edit] Programs for creation and editing
- FB Writer
- RSS feeds to FB2 book converter - GoogleReader OPML file or simple RSS feeds converter into FB2 book (with images)
- OOo FBTools The free cross platform OpenOffice.org extension for convert and processing eBooks to FictionBook2 format.
- BookDesigner
- FictionBook Designer
- Calibre
[edit] Reader Software
- FBReader both desktop and mobile devices e-book reader for Unix/Windows
- CoolReader 3(rus)(eng)
- ICE Book Reader Professional
- Haali Reader - a book reader for Windows and Windows CE based platforms (Open source)
- Lexcycle Stanza
- PyBookReader Book Reader for Linux/FreeBSD/other operation systems
- List of fb2 reader software
- ZXReader - reader for Symbian/S60
[edit] Hardware readers (Electronic books)
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