An fb2 (FictionBook) file is an XML file that contains many tags that are responsible for each part of the e-book, be it title, content, underlining, etc. By using XML file you can create books of any subject with a huge number of headings, subheadings, images, footnotes. This is why this format is so popular. However, if opening this format in an e-book is not particularly difficult, then difficulties may arise with such a document on a PC.

List of programs for opening, editing and converting fb2

Open	Create, edit	Convert
Caliber	AlReader	Caliber
FBReader	FictionBook Editor	Any2FB2
AlReader	oofbtools	ICEReader
Haali Reader		oofbtools
CoolReader
ICEReader
STDU Viewer

Review of programs that can be used to open fb2

Let's look at the most popular programs for opening the fb2 file on a computer.

Caliber – simple free program, with which you can not only open the fb2 file, but also edit and convert it. To open an electronic version of a book or document using it, perform the following steps:

• Download and install the program. The installation process is standard.
• After installation, the program setup wizard will launch. You need to select the software language.

• Then we indicate the manufacturer and device. If you are installing the program on a PC, then we leave the first option.

• Click “Finish” and launch the software. To open a book, select “Add Books”.

• Specify the path to the file and click “Open”.

• Now double-click to open the file from the list.

• The reader's interface is as follows.

FBReader is a program for reading electronic books and copying information from them. Its use is quite simple:

• Download and install the program.
• Open the software on your computer and click “Add file”.

• Specify the path to the file.

• The file is open.

CoolReader is a program that, unlike all previous e-readers, also has a reading aloud function. You can open the fb2 file through this program as follows:

• Download the archive. Let's extract from it setup files and launch the program.
• Next, click “Open” and specify the path to the file.

ICE Book Reader Professional is a convenient reader that supports many various formats, including fb2. We use it as follows:

• Download and install the software.
• Click “Open”.

• Specify the path to the file.

• Double-click to launch the file from the list.

• The disadvantage of the program is that the reader window does not shrink.

STDU Viewer is a program that has a huge toolkit and allows you not only to open, but also edit fb2 files.

• Install the program on your computer.
• Click “File”, “Open”.

• Specify the file storage location. Click “Open”.

• Very simple program and with a good interface.

Documents ending in " .fb2» are books in electronic format FictionBook. This format uses XML markup, which means that all elements of the book are described using tags. The developers strive to ensure format compatibility with all devices, transparency and ease of creating books, converting, storing, etc. in every hardware room and software environment. In this review article we will share with you how to open files in the “fb2” format on Android in simple words we'll give you a list useful programs with which you can open books.

I present to you the 4 best programs:

FBReader

• Setting the background, text styles, fonts, etc.;
• The program allows you to smooth fonts;
• In addition, you can save several configurations and switch between them;
• Reads books aloud;
• This program offers text search;
• Translation of the interface into a large number of languages;

3) is a program designed for comfortable reading of fiction. Supported formats: fb2, html, txt, epub, chm, pdb, prc, rtf, docx, abw, odt, zabw, doc, sxw. You can download the application via a direct link in as well as on the manufacturer’s website.

Main features of the program:

• Support from Android 1.6 and higher;
• Supports network libraries (OPDS) without any problems;
• Convenient local library with the ability to configure a book search filter (by series, author, title, year of publication, genre, language, etc.);
• A wide variety of interface languages ​​(Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Greek, German, Polish, English, etc.);
• Support for dictionary programs;
• Ability to edit fb2 and TXT files;
• Correct translations for more than 20 languages;

4) is a free e-book reader for Android. The application has a large number of settings and capabilities. It also supports a large number of text formats such as: cbr , chm, mobi, epub, umd, fb2, txt, cbz, zip, rar, opds ,html. You can download it from or on the manufacturer’s website.

Main features of the program:

• About 10 installed themes, including Night and Day modes;
• Ability to customize the text to suit your personal taste: font with shadow, font size, italic or bold, distance between words, etc.;
• A wide variety of page turning types: realistic; per pixel; line by line; change page. In addition to all this, there is also an adjustable scrolling speed;
• The ability to quickly change brightness with one touch of a finger, and gesture control;
• The developers have taken care of you and if you use the program for a long time, warnings will appear on the screen to save your eyesight;
• Setting up page turning animation;

How to open files of this type through the programs presented above if the file is located on the computer?

a) First, you need to connect your device to USB help to the computer. Then there are 2 options for subsequent actions:

1. After USB connections, copy/cut the file to your phone along the path /storage/sdcard/(Program folder) /Books/(Image 1) You may have a different path depending on what device you have. Then through the program you can open the file you need.

2. There is another simpler, but less convenient way movement. Copy/cut the file to your phone (in a random folder), after which, when you open the file on your phone through Explorer, you will receive a notification about which program to open with this file, you select the program that you installed (from those listed above) and your book will open for you (Image 2).

b) If you use the program, then you have the ability to synchronize. Turn it on, and all your books will automatically go to the cloud (on your own Google Drive). You can enable it if you go to page 2 in the main menu of the program and there will be a Hyperlink called “Enable it”; after clicking on the hyperlink you will be taken to the synchronization field. Next, click the checkbox next to line 1 and, using the FBReader program on your computer, download the book to your account Google Play and then you can open the book on your mobile device via Google Play.

Result:

1. We reviewed the most popular programs for opening fb2.
2. We sorted out all their possibilities.
3. We found out how to open files from a computer on your Android device.

Well, it’s up to you to choose which program to use.
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How to open fb2 file to read an e-book on a computer.

Date: 2015-12-20

How to open an e-book in fb2 format?

Information technologies bring a lot of useful and enjoyable things into our lives, for example, reading e-books on various computer devices: desktop personal computers, laptops, tablet computers(tablets), smartphones, etc.

Of course, because now a small smartphone or tablet can fit a huge number of books, an entire library of several hundred thousand volumes, and you can read them anywhere. Agree this is very convenient. And on a desktop computer, I’m even afraid to imagine how many books will fit in in electronic format. To be honest, I myself have been reading fiction for the last few years mainly on a tablet running the Android operating system.

But there are also some problems: there is a wide variety of formats in which e-books are published. Today we will talk about one of the popular formats, namely the fb2 format.

fb2 format

Format FictionBook(abbreviated as fb2) is the most common xml format for storing and reading e-books. Please note, it is fiction books, because... it has its own specific markup tags for each element of the book. For technical literature this format is not very suitable due to the complexity inherent in technical literature. For reading fb2 There are a lot of free programs (software). Books can be simply read, converted to other formats, formatted and modified to your liking.

There are a huge number of libraries on the Internet, both free and paid, from where you can download almost any book in electronic form. Therefore, I will not bore you with technical details, the main purpose of this article is to tell how and how to open e-books in FictionBook format (fb2 format) so that you can fully enjoy reading books.

How to open fb2 file on a smartphone or tablet?

As a rule, opening files in the fb2 format on smartphones and tablet computers does not cause any difficulties. In most cases, manufacturers mobile gadgets, install special programs to read this format (also called e-readers). All that remains is to download the book you need and read.

If suddenly you, for some reason, still don’t have such a “reader” on your smartphone or tablet, it’s also not a problem, go Play Store (you need to register first) and download the e-book reading application completely free of charge. There are a great many such readers. Personally, my favorite free program is: AIReader. Enter the program name: AIReader in search Play Store(Google Play). Download and install. It will take no more than 3-4 minutes.

Why did I choose AIReader?? Because the program is very simple, intuitive, in Russian, absolutely free. Excellently opens not only files with the extension .fb2, but also many other popular formats in which e-books are published, such as: .rtf , .rb , .txt , .doc etc. Therefore, I see no point in installing other “readers”.

How to open a fb2 file on a laptop and desktop computer?

The situation is somewhat more complicated if you want to read e-books in fb2 format on a desktop computer or laptop running operating room Windows systems . Although there are no big problems here either.

AIReader is a program for reading electronic books.

For reading e-books in fb2 format on a laptop or desktop computer I recommend the same "reader" AIReader, only version for the Windows operating system. As I mentioned above, the program is absolutely free, simple and at the same time very functional. Opens many different formats. Perfectly customizable to individual characteristics and requirements. Opens many different formats and files with different extensions: .fb2 , .rtf , .rb , .txt , .doc etc.

What I especially like is AIReader program does not require installation on a computer. This means that you can keep this program on USB drive(USB FLASH, flash drive) and can be connected to absolutely any computer or laptop. For example, I put the books I need on my flash drive in the root folder with the program and sometimes I read books on various desktop computers.

In my opinion, AIReader is by far the best of all e-readers!
You can download the AIReader program for free from the official website or here on our website by clicking on the button below: Download AIReader.

FBReader is a program for reading electronic books.

Another, a free program designed to read e-books on a computer running the Windows operating system - FBReader.

FBReader is similar to the program described above, with the only difference being that it is installed on a specific computer and has slightly fewer capabilities. But this doesn't make FBReader any worse. The FBReader program is also Russified and intuitive, so I think there is nothing special to tell here.

Those who are familiar with e-books and often download them on the Internet are already familiar with this format. But for those who accidentally downloaded a file of this format, this will be a slight surprise. Especially if you encountered it for the first time and it turned out to be impossible to open it just like that. What if there is some kind of important information? That’s exactly why I wrote this article, to dot all the i’s and find out what kind of file fb2 is (and there is also fb3), how to open it and how to edit it.

First of all, let's figure it out
What kind of file is fb2 format?

FB2 (FictionBook) - presentation format electronic versions books in the form of XML documents, where each element of the book is described with its own tags. The standard is designed to ensure compatibility with any devices and formats. XML makes it easy to create documents that are ready for immediate use and software processing(conversion, storage, management) in any environment.
Documents, usually with the .fb2 extension, may contain structural markup of the main elements of the text, some information about the book, and may also contain attachments with binary files that may contain illustrations or the cover.

To put it simply, this is one of the most convenient formats for reading e-books (which is gaining popularity), especially since the software for opening it also exists not only for Windows computer, but also for other distributions ( operating systems) and for smartphones (also different OSes).

There is also fb3 format. Dry characteristics from the office. site what is the difference between fb3 and fb2 hidden under spoiler
Main differences from fb2 are not in the field of ideology, but in the field of technological solutions.

An Fb3 file is now essentially a zip archive in which meta information, pictures and text are packaged as separate files.
- Requirements for the zip file format and conventions for file naming, placement and organization are described in the ECMA-376 Part 2 standard
- Meta information is displayed in separate file, the body of the book and footnotes - in another file
- All pictures are taken from XML and are, ultimately, files in the archive
- Documents are linked to files not through xlink, but in accordance with the Relationships mechanism described in OPF
- In addition to a number of minor innovations in formatting (space, underlining), fundamentally new object a “block” that falls out of the general flow of the document and forms an arbitrary fragment of the book in the form of a quadrangle, which can have a border, be embedded in the text with a flow, and have some other placement features.
- Some tags that have semantic analogues in HTML will be renamed, for example, emphasis will turn into em.

Well, for me, it’s like everything new - the same, only better.

How (how) to open a fb2 file?

There are several programs for opening. this format. Although they are not intended specifically for it, they simply support opening the same format. These programs can be used as a convenient “reader” for reading books (tuftology turned out). I will consider only the most popular and worth attention.

FBReader- the main program for opening and reading fb2 and fb3 files.

HaaliReader- FB2 reader for regular Windows and Windows CE.

AlReader- Reads and edits texts in FB2 format on computers running Windows 2000, Windows XP and higher
which does not work and is NOT Russian and working.

Cool Reader- easy to read large files. Although in principle the same as everyone else.

STDU Viewer- small convenient program for reading e-books, including fb2.

ICE Book Reader Professional- also received attention and consideration.

More programs with which you can open this file format: Athenaeum,

Have you looked? Have you downloaded it? Well done...
Here are a couple of options for curious perverts:

1) You can open this file with regular Word (since it is an XML document), if you don’t like the tags, save as RTF-document, and then into a regular one DOC. Click on the document and select from Word list. Or right-click on it and select To open with... and select Word.
The disadvantages of such a conversion will be:
1- if pictures were inserted into *.fb2, they will NOT be displayed in Word;
2- most likely you will want (but this is optional) to format the text because it turns out... ummm... like a bunch of lines and sentences. Not so nice overall.

2) You can simply rename the file extension from fb2 on htm or doc or rtf, and then open this file using the same Word (if rtf or doc) or using your browser (in the case of the htm extension). The disadvantages are the same as in the previous version.

It will be easier, you don’t need to download programs, but you will only get black text on a white background. In general, it’s up to you to choose how to open the fb2 format.

How to edit a file in fb2 format?

You can use the same AlReader as presented above or ICE Book Reader Professional.

You can use special utility FictionBook Editor.

Developer: Hose, KVS (LitRes) ()
Program status: For administrative use
Interface: Russian English
Version: 2.6 (build 05 Oct 2010)
System: Windows 2K/XP/Vista/7
Format: FB2

The archive contains instructions and the program itself.

How to convert to FB2 file format?
It will be useful for those who want to create their own book in fb2 format.

Hello friends! It's time to talk about another book format called fb2. From the article you will learn the answer to the question of how to open fb2. Let's consider the history of its creation and use. We’ll also talk about programs that work with this file format on a computer.

If you are interested in a simple book reader, then this is one question, but if you are interested in a specialized program for opening a format, then this is a completely different matter. Once again, let me remind you that you entered the search query correctly on your computer.

Sometimes the result is funny sentences like this: xtv jnrhsnm fb2, I hope you understand what I mean. So, from a short introduction, let's move on to the history of the creation of this type of file, and take a closer look at our extension.

History of the creation of the fb2 format.

This file type was originally developed to store printed information in the form of an XML document. Its main application is e-books and magazines. The developers Dmitry Gribov and Mikhail Matsnev tried to make a universal extension that would be supported by all programs existing at that time.

To do this, it was necessary to come up with a non-standard solution, because book readers at that time were “tailored” only for a certain type of file.

To solve this problem, the developers came up with storing format data in the form of an XML table. Ultimately, this was a brilliant decision. All the necessary data about the book, the text, even the pictures are entered into the format table.

All this is stored in blocks of information, which, if necessary, are instantly displayed on any type of device. This is another trump card of the file. Due to a well-created algorithm, it is compatible with most existing electronic devices. This versatility is what made it so popular.

Video tutorial

How to open fb2 format on a computer - a small selection of free programs.

Theory is good. Without it, it is difficult to carry out any action. But we have not gathered here to find out who invented such a user-friendly format. Our task is to open it on your computer.

And for this we need computer programs that will help in solving our issue. So on this moment There are several decent utilities for opening our test subject. The best of them is fb2 reader.

This utility works ONLY with files of this type, so the developers took into account all the subtleties of processing this type of file. Therefore, the average user can only download it and use it.