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.
Books stored in the internal memory can be added to the backup with the help of My Backup app.
Source code: https://github.com/monich/harbour-books
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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.
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
slava
Sat, 2018/05/19 - 02:23
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Your file doesn't seem to be utf-8 encoded. There's a problem with accented characters. Can you somehow save it as utf-8?
(never mind, it seems to be in CP819, I was able to convert it myself)
slava
Wed, 2018/05/16 - 11:17
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Good idea. And it shouldn't be hard to implement.
slava
Sat, 2018/05/12 - 12:14
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A few other people also mentioned to me this Transifex thing, so I decided to give it a try. I honestly spent couple hours on it, couldn't get it to work correctly with numerus forms and gave up.
Specifically, I played with the Russian translation. First, it failed to parse the existing translations for numerus forms. Then it insisted on having 4 numerus forms for Russian plurals even though Russian only has 3 forms. Then I received an email from them hinting that it's just a free trial. No, thanks.
I'm glad to accept translations as pull requests on github. Here is the English source:
https://github.com/monich/harbour-books/blob/master/app/translations/har...
fr3d
Thu, 2018/05/10 - 11:48
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Any chance to select background picture ?
slava
Fri, 2018/05/11 - 10:29
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Background picture for the book page?
fr3d
Mon, 2018/05/14 - 13:55
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Yes, background for the book page ! I would appreciate it.
slava
Mon, 2018/05/14 - 14:10
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I wrote it down so that I don't forget:
https://github.com/monich/harbour-books/issues/41
No ETA though. I've got plenty of other things that I would also like to be done.
vovaplushkin
Tue, 2018/05/08 - 14:11
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How to view the table of contents?
slava
Fri, 2018/05/11 - 10:28
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Not implemented (yet). And it's on the todo list: https://github.com/monich/harbour-books/issues/34
Ingvix
Fri, 2018/04/27 - 20:23
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Have you considered adding cbr/cbz support?
slava
Fri, 2018/04/27 - 21:08
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When/if I have time, although I have to admit these are not high on my priority list. I would probably do fb3 first.
explit
Fri, 2018/04/27 - 02:33
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Спасибо тебе огромное, человеческое!
dfstorm
Fri, 2018/04/27 - 02:13
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Seams to work fine :) thanks for the app.
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