FBReader — e-book reader for Unix/Windows computers

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FBReaderJ 0.6.6 is released (May 20, 2010).
Changes:

• FBReader doesn't require to press the screen off button twice.
• FBReader doesn't go to the background after changing the status bar option.
• FBReader keeps rotation after switching the screen off and back.

FBReaderJ 0.6.5 is released (May 14, 2010).
Changes:

• Books directory is now configurable. (See Menu->Settings->Directories to seek for books.)
• Network library view has been completely re-designed; it's now like Android Market.
• German interface translation (by Victor Massini) has been added.
• Manybooks.net has been added to the network catalogs list.
• A processing of ePub internal hyperlinks with "/../" in the path has been fixed.

FBReaderJ 0.6.4 is released (May 1, 2010).
Changes:

• Zip decompressing problems have been fixed.

FBReaderJ 0.6.3 is released (April 30, 2010).
Changes:

• Network book search has been added.
• Several problems with multi-file zip archives have been fixed.
• User sign up dialog has been added for the LitRes library.

FBReaderJ 0.6.2 is released (April 26, 2010).
Changes:

• New menu items: Rotate Screen, Zoom In, Zoom Out.
• Downloader service priority has been decreased for better UI responsivity.
• A problem with %-escaped file names inside ePubs has been fixed.
• Several problems in "Old" Preferences Dialog have been fixed (thanks to Robert Stockton).

FBReaderJ 0.6.1 is released (April 23, 2010).

Changes:

• Now you can preview a book before downloading/purchasing.
• French resources have been updated.

FBReaderJ 0.6.0 is released (April 19, 2010).
Changes:

• Network libraries integration has been included.
• Chinese text layout has been implemented (we use native liblinebreak library).
• Chinese interface translation has been added (by shucang.com).
• French interface translation has been added (by Sébastien Rodriguez and Pierre Senellart).
• Meta information reading for ePubs from www.gutenberg.org has been fixed.

FBReader 0.12.10 is released (April 2, 2010).
Changes:

• Processing of external hyperlinks in ePub files has been changed.

FBReader 0.12.9 is released (March 25, 2010).
Changes:

• Processing of epub local hyperlinks of form ../dir/file.html has been fixed.
• Code is now compilable with gcc 4.4.* (missing include directives have been added).

FBReader 0.12.8 is released (March 22, 2010).
Changes:

• Smashwords library support has been improved: purchase links have been added.
• LitRes library support has been updated: since this version FBReader uses an OPDS proxy located at http://data.fbreader.org/ for most operations with the LitRes catalog.
• Processing of the xhtml hyperlinks in html encoded form (like /files/This%20is%20a%20link) has been fixed.
• A seg.fault during scanning several archives has been fixed.
• Lithuanian localization has been updated.
• Vietnamese language/encoding detection patterns have been added.

FBReader 0.12.7 for Linux/Windows computers and SmartQ devices is released (March 5, 2010).
Changes:

• Vietnamese interface taranslation by Phạm Văn Hùng_Firestork has been added.
• LitRes integration broken in the previous version has been fixed.

FBReader 0.12.6 for Linux/Windows computers and SmartQ devices is released (March 3, 2010).
Changes:

• The viewing of ePub files from fictionwise.com has been fixed. A set of files from this site are compressed with some errors. However other readers (like Adobe Digital Editions) allows to read these books. FBReader 0.12.6 supports such books too.

A bugfix release 0.12.5.1 for Windows is available (February 23, 2010).
Changes:

• A bug related to image links in ePub files has been fixed.
• An authentication on the FeedBooks site has been fixed.

These bugs are Windows-specific, no changes are required for Linux platform.

FBReader 0.12.5 for Linux/Windows computers and SmartQ devices is released (February 22, 2010).
Changes:

• The ePub format support has been improved: better CSS support has been implemented; the images in <svg> tag are now visible; a bug in the unzip code has been fixed.
• Better integration with network e-libraries: an authorization have been implemented for FeedBooks and Shucang sites.
• Full localizations for Dutch, Hungarian and Spanish have been added. Many thanks to the translators: Bosel (Dutch localization), Sándor Gábor (Hungarian) and Jorge Andrés Benítez (Spanish). The full list of existing FBReader localizations includes 16 languages at the moment.
• Misc bugfixes.

FBReader 0.12.2-5 packages for SmartQ 5/7 devices are available (February 16, 2010).
Changes:

• Tap scrolling speed is increased if text selection is disabled.

FBReader 0.12.2-4 packages for SmartQ 5/7 devices are available (February 14, 2010).
Changes:

• CHM file opening speed has been increased.
• Position indicator behaviour has been fixed.

FBReader 0.12.2-3 packages for SmartQ 5/7 devices are available (February 13, 2010).
Changes:

• A crach during opening a chm file has been fixed.
• Chinese and Arabic names for Gnome menu have been added.

FBReader 0.12.2 for SmartQ 5/7 devices is released (February 9, 2010).
Changes:

• Packages are available from our site.
• A bug related to scrolling in fullscreen mode has been fixed.

FBReader 0.12.2 for Linux/Windows computers is released (January 29, 2010).
Changes:

• An annoying bug in the Windows version has been fixed: in FBReader 0.12.1 a closing of the main window doesn't finish the application.
• Localizations for Czech, Finnish, French, German, Italian and Ukrainian have been updated.
• Misc small fixes.

FBReader 0.12.1 for Linux/Windows computers is released (December 14, 2009).
Changes:

• Integration with LitRes.ru has been improved. A link for signing up has been added. A browsing by authors and by genres has been added.
• Scrolling preferences have been simplified. Tap scrolling has been fixed.
• Lithuanian localization has been added (thanks to Stanislovas Zacharovas).
• Open file dialog behaviour has been fixed (in Gtk+ version).
• A crach on some mobipocket files has been fixed.

Debian/Ubuntu repository update (December 9, 2009).
Changes:

• Debian/Ubuntu packages from our repository are now installable on a Ubuntu 8.04 system.

FBReader 0.12.0 for Linux/Windows computers is released (December 7, 2009).
Changes:

• New look for library view.
• Better integration with network libraries: FeedBooks, LitRes, Shucang and SmashWords. This version allows to browse catalogs, to search and download the books. For LitRes (Russian e-library) it is also possible to purchase books.
• Added Chinese localization (by Shucang).
• Image scaling has been implemented.
• Better encoding/language detection. Arabic and Indonesian patterns are back.
• Mobipocket, eReader and chm support have been improved.

Site update: several screenshots of a new fbreader feature (November 23, 2009).
FBReader 0.12.0 will include better integration with network e-libraries.


FBReader 0.11.2 beta for linux computers is released (October 20, 2009).
Changes:

• A crash under amd64 platform has been fixed.
• A litres.ru support has been updated: new protocol is now used. New features (including authorization and direct book buying) are coming soon. :)
• Miscellaneous UI fixes.

FBReader 0.11.1 beta for linux computers is released (October 14, 2009).
Changes:

• A feedbooks.com support has been updated: new (atom-based) protocol is now used.
• An ability do delete book file from the disk has been added.
• A bug related to selection in gtk version ("sporadic selection") has been fixed.
• Debian repository for amd64 platform is now available.
• Several small patches have been applied (thanks to Erik Hovland).

FBReaderJ 0.5.27 is released (October 9, 2009).
Changes:

• Various screen resolution have been supported.

FBReader 0.11.0 beta for linux i386 computers is released (September 26, 2009).
Changes:

• A support for eReader (Peanut reader) book format has been added.
• Mobipocket support has been improved.
• German localization has been added (many thanks to Rainer Paul).
• An information about books (like title, author name, language, etc.) is now stored in SQLite database files instead of the old books.xml file.
• An interaction with the feedbooks.com online library has been fixed.
• For more release notes and for download binary or source packages please visit FBReader beta page.

FBReaderJ 0.5.21 is released (August 28, 2009).
Changes:

• In case of crash, a dialog for sending exception report to developers will be shown.

Complete history of all releases is available here.