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FictionBook is an open XML-based e-book format, which originated and gained popularity in Russia. The FictionBook files have the .fb2 filename extension.

FictionBook is an open XML-based e-book format, which originated and gained popularity in Russia. The FictionBook files have the .fb2 filename extension.

The FictionBook format does not specify the appearance of a document; instead, it describes its structure. For example, there are special tags for epigraphs, verses and quotations. All the ebook metadata, such as the author name, title, and publisher, is also present in the ebook file. Hence the format is convenient for automatic processing, indexing, and ebook collection management. This also allows automatic conversion into other formats.

Features of FictionBook

  • Free and open format with multiple hardware and software implementations
  • DRM-free
  • Supports reflow by design
  • Simple semantic markup
  • Optimized for narrative literature
  • Embeds metadata, proposes its own scheme for genre description
  • Supports Unicode
  • Documents may contain:
  • Structured text organized in nested sections (optionally titled)
  • Subtitles (which do not appear in the table of contents)
  • Epigraphs
  • Poetry
  • Quotations
  • References and footnotes
  • Tables (but not all readers support them)
  • Raster images (PNG or JPEG)
  • Inline formatting:
  • Strong (usually bold)
  • Emphasized (usually slanted or italic)
  • Strikethrough
  • Superscript
  • Subscript
  • Program code (usually in monospace font)

Source: Wikipedia.org (FictionBook)

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