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<FictionBook xmlns="http://www.gribuser.ru/xml/fictionbook/2.0" xmlns:l="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><description><title-info><author><last-name>FBReader</last-name></author> <book-title>About FBReader</book-title> <lang>en</lang></title-info></description>
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<p>FBReader is an e-book reader for Linux/Windows XP PDA/UMPC/desktop computer. FBReader supports several e-book formats: <code>fb2</code>, <code>html</code>, <code>chm</code>, <code>rtf</code>, <code>plucker</code>, etc. Direct reading from <code>zip</code>, <code>tar</code>, <code>gzip</code> and <code>bzip2</code> archives is also supported.</p>
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<p>FBReader is distributed under the terms of the <a l:href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html">GNU GPL</a>. FBReader for Windows XP is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group.</p>
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<subtitle><p>How To Start</p></subtitle>
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<p>FBReader looks for <code>fb2</code>, <code>oeb</code> and <code>OpenReader</code> books in directories listed in the <code>Book Path</code> option. First of all you need to set this path. Open the options dialog (just click on <image l:href="#settings.png" voffset="-6"/> in the toolbar) and change the value of <code>Book Path</code> option in the <code>General</code> tab. This option contains the list of directories containing <code>*.fb2</code>, <code>*.oebzip</code>, <code>*.orb</code> or archive files. Directories in the list are separated by semicolons.</p>
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<p>FBReader looks for <code>fb2</code>, <code>oeb</code> and <code>OpenReader</code> books in directories listed in the <code>Book Path</code> option. First of all you need to set this path. Open the options dialog (just click on <image l:href="#settings.png" voffset="-6"/> in the toolbar) and change the value of <code>Book Path</code> option in the <code>Library</code> tab. This option contains the list of directories containing <code>*.fb2</code>, <code>*.oebzip</code>, <code>*.orb</code> or archive files. Directories in the list are separated by semicolons.</p>
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<p>Open <code>library</code> (click on <image l:href="#books.png" voffset="-6"/>), select a book from the list and read it.</p>
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<p>To read a file in another format, you need to add it to the library. Start <code>add to library dialog</code> (<image l:href="#addbook.png"/>), select a file and edit the file information. Next time you can open this file using <code>library</code> (<image l:href="#books.png" voffset="-6"/>).</p>