E-book reader for Sailfish OS.
The core functionality is based on FBReader source code with a few modifications. In theory, it should be able to handle all E-book formats supported by FBReader. Books are imported from the ~/Downloads
folder, where they are saved by the browser or email client. Alternatively, you can manually copy your books to the ~/Documents/Books
directory. Removable storage (SD-card) is supported as well. Switch between SD-card and internal memory by flicking left and right. Use volume keys, swipe or touch to turn the pages.
This is pretty much a copy of the Jolla Store version, except that settings are moved from the app's pulley menu to the Settings → Applications grid.
Source code: https://github.com/monich/harbour-books
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carlosgonz
Tue, 2020/11/03 - 07:33
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Very nice the fancy way to close the book. Thank you for all the work well done.
Termitebug
Sun, 2020/11/01 - 13:16
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Is SD-card path broken because path name change from nemo to default user? I had to copy my library to mass memory to able .epub's showing up in the app.
slava
Sun, 2020/11/01 - 15:25
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Yes, indeed,
/run/media/nemo/
was hardcoded :/ I'll fix that, thanks for heads up!Kabouik
Fri, 2020/01/24 - 03:50
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Thanks for this great app. I have .epub files in `~/Downloads` that Books fails to import (it does not detect them), and they do not appear either if I manually move them to `~/Documents/Books`. Are there several .epub versions, including maybe some that are not supported yet?
[Edit] My bad, my files were probably corrupted.
[Edit 2] It's a corner case use, but could you consider adding support for hardware keyboard input? Like `Left` and`Right` for turning pages, `Ctrl + -` and `Ctrl + +` for font size, and others things you might find relevant?
jab888
Wed, 2019/11/20 - 00:33
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Thanks a lot for this app!
PawelSpoon
Sat, 2019/09/07 - 19:22
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Hi, the app does not find .epub files, only txt files. Am missing something?
slava
Sat, 2019/09/07 - 20:20
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"Check downloads" function looks for supported books in the ~/Downloads directory and then copies selected books to ~/Documents/Books. It doesn't scan the entire device.
codeandcreate
Tue, 2019/06/18 - 09:46
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Hi, awesome reader! A feature request: Since i use it on serveral sfos devices and syncthing to keep file synchronizied it would be nice if your app would save the page in a crossdevice (differend screen sizes) format in a file in ~/Books.
oxygenh
Mon, 2019/07/01 - 22:13
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You can sync reads position and library with syncthing.
maier
Wed, 2019/05/08 - 23:42
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Hi slava please be so kind and make the folder Documents/Books editable. I already have my structure and like to config the location to my ebooks location.
oxygenh
Fri, 2019/01/11 - 22:39
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Great app! Nice, simple and nothing unnecessary. But, very desired feature is contents.
I made synchronisation position of reading between sailfos devices with syncthing service.
tabasko
Sun, 2018/12/02 - 12:25
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Perfect! Thank you
00prometheus
Sat, 2018/09/22 - 00:12
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Is there a way to set the background colour? I would prefer an off-white colour to ease eye strain, and others prefer black background.
slava
Sat, 2018/09/22 - 01:06
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There's night/day mode switch (icon in the upper left corner) which inverts the colors.
objectifnul
Fri, 2018/07/27 - 17:30
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Still no "settings" option, so no access to my library on sd card.
Oops. Fixed using Settings-Applications-Books.
fr3d
Thu, 2018/07/26 - 09:59
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Thanks @slava, that's perfect. So I switch from fbreader android to this native app.
You should apply possibility for donations !
Seems that many people would use it ;-)
Kabouik
Fri, 2018/07/27 - 02:54
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Great update! The second feature was actually the reason why I was sticking with Fbreader so far, now I can move to Books. :]
fr3d
Fri, 2018/07/20 - 11:53
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It would be more convenient to not change the header/footer style by touching the screen. Every time you touch the screen accidentally, you have to cycle through the options to select the style again ;-)
Instead I suggest to make a settings entry where you can set the favourite look of header/footer.
Page forward or page back should be triggered by touching the screen on the right or left side of the page. This could also be an option in „settings“ (paging by touch and/or swipe).
Thanks for your effort !
slava
Tue, 2018/07/24 - 00:53
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I liked both suggestions! Both are implemented in version 1.0.35. Enjoy!
rob_k
Sat, 2018/06/09 - 20:37
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I just installed this app, used FBReader before. Wonderful to have books with me again, thanks! Is it possible to have a setting for page margins? The epub of The Time Traveller shows a lot of white margin around effectively a quarter screen of text.
slava
Fri, 2018/07/27 - 02:02
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Please try version 1.0.37, it might actually fix the problem with margins. At least the books downloaded from Project Gutenberg definitely look better now.
slava
Thu, 2018/07/26 - 11:17
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If you mean epub downloaded from Project Gutenberg, this app does have a problem with those. I would rather fix the formatting rather than make margins configurable...
Maledictus
Mon, 2018/06/04 - 10:47
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Can you add search possibility?
pdelfes
Thu, 2018/05/31 - 22:32
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Hey, the path to sd card changed with the 2.2 SFOS update, not showing up anymore , please update the app dev.
TamarindoJuice
Sat, 2018/05/19 - 14:03
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Thank you, no problem! I will take care about the utf-8 next time. Your app is the best avaliable for Sailfish in its category, good job!
TamarindoJuice
Sat, 2018/05/19 - 03:14
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Do you need something more or is it ok to be used dev?
slava
Sat, 2018/05/19 - 12:19
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No, it's ok as is. I have just commited your translations:
https://github.com/monich/harbour-books/commit/654b2b6c
Thanks for the contribution!
It would be very nice if you kept an eye on it and provided translations for new strings when they appear.
fr3d
Wed, 2018/05/16 - 08:52
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Good work ! I tested the latetest version.
An option for deactiviting automatic screen turnoff is needed ;-)
slava
Thu, 2018/05/17 - 20:32
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Implemented in version 1.0.28
TamarindoJuice
Sat, 2018/05/19 - 01:34
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I do not have experience with GitHub, so i translated the xml .ts file to pt_BR and sent you the file over e-mail.
Thank you.
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