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    Cool Reader

    Fast and small cross-platform eBook reader for desktops and handheld devices

    • Free • Open Source
    • eBook Reader
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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    What is Cool Reader ?

    Cool Reader is fast and small cross-platform XML/CSS based eBook reader for desktops and handheld devices. Understands a number of text document formats, suppurt OPDS (in new ui-opengl version). Fully customizable palette, text reformatting with any font size, font antialiasing, extra smooth scrolling and a lot of other features turn reading into a pleasure. Read Aloud function saves your eyes.

    Features:
    * Read electronic books in FB2, TXT, RTF, DOC, TCR, HTML, EPUB, CHM, PDB, MOBI formats
    * Stylesheet support
    * A lot of customizations for better reading performance

    Android version features:
    - selection of the file to open the file via the built browser or from an external file manager
    - support online catalogs of books (OPDS)
    - a list of recently opened files
    - change the font to use custom fonts, font size, fat content, inversion
    - font smoothing
    - support for external files CSS (Cool reader WiKi CSS)
    - flipping book joystick / touch screen / volume keys
    - jump to a page by number and percentage
    - bookmarks
    - contents of a book
    - search Text
    - page turning animation (as in paper book or shift)
    - book covers in the list of books
    - Rotate the image sensor
    - separate menu button menu in the list of books
    - texture background page
    - custom actions on tap-zones
    - configurable action buttons
    - the ability to lock the touch screen and trackball
    - autorepeat paging
    - Support for installation on SD 2.2
    - following a link - long press, return - through the menu or on the designated button or tap zone action
    - Entering text selection - through the menu (you can also assign a button or tap-zone)
    - Optional text selection - double-tapa
    - highlighted text is copied to the clipboard
    - search for words in a dictionary - Fora Dictionary or ColorDict
    - Adjusting the brightness slide along the left edge of the screen
    - Sorting books in the browser files by name, author, title, file

    Win32, Linux, Android. Ported on some eInk based devices-
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    TristisOris
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    • Top positive comment  over 4 years ago • 0 replies
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    it's not discontinued!
    Last Update: 2017-03-06

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    User4265325
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    • Top positive comment  about 9 years ago • 0 replies
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    the best program for readin on my laptop, not perfect but the best...

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    Korwin
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    • Top negative comment  about 1 year ago • 0 replies
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    ????????, ??? "CoolReader is fast and small cross-platform XML/CSS based eBook reader for desktops and handheld devices. Supported formats: FB2, TXT, RTF, DOC, TCR, HTML, EPUB, CHM, PDB, MOBI. Platforms: Win32, Linux, Android. Ported on some eInk based devices. Read electronic books in FB2, TXT, RTF, DOC, TCR, HTML, EPUB, CHM, PDB, MOBI formats (...) This is a program to read electronic books in a number of formats: EPUB, FB2, RTF, TXT, HTML, CHM, PDB, MOBI, TCR". ?? ????? ?? ???? ?? ???????? FB2, DJVU ? PDF. ?? ??????? ????, ?????? 3.3.48 ? 3.3.61 ?? 01.07.2015 9:23 (???????? ??????????????? ????????? ?? ??????????? ???? ??????????).

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    zanoprova
    Comment • over 3 years ago • 0 replies
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    It is not discontinued: there is a sign of life as 2018 A.D.
    There is a new release, but only APK version.

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    StepanBe
    Comment • over 7 years ago • 0 replies
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    Best app for Android to read .txt files!

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    Gurudev1000
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    • Positive comment • over 8 years ago • 1 reply
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    I agree, this software is not perfect, but it's one of the best readers out there for EPUB/MOBI filetypes. It's a bit slow in opening files, resizing windows, etc. but once it does that, browsing through pages is a breeze. Add to that the customizability of the look for the fonts that works so beautifully.

    Suggestion: The table of contents doesn't work/appear. The makers need to have their own website instead of just relying on sourceforge.

    alfill

    maybe you used a cr from new ui interface - sometimes it retarding in the new ui, you can try to run a cr3 or old coolreader2 desctop version - they works fine

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    meyourdesire
    Comment • almost 10 years ago • 0 replies
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    Seems to be the one and only program suited for reading fb2 books in the proper way.

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    Platform details

    Android Tablet: Ported on some eInk based devices

    Tags

    • OPDS
    • opds-library
    • epub
    • eBook Reader
    • viewers
    Android version
    Cool Reader

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    Summary

    Our users have written 8 comments and reviews about Cool Reader , and it has gotten 65 likes

    • Developed by Vadim Lopatin
    • Open Source and Free product.
    • Average rating of 3.5
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    Cool Reader was added to AlternativeTo by Valentin on Oct 23, 2010 and this page was last updated Nov 19, 2021. Cool Reader is sometimes referred to as CoolReader.

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