Desktop EPUB reader and book manager built on Eclipse.
The name of this project is "elibrārium" which is a word constructed from the English adjective "electronic" and the Latin noun "librārium", meaning bookcase or library. Putting those two toghether should be sufficient to describe the purpose of the project – which is essentially to produce an electronic library and book reader. More specifically an EPUB library manager and book reader built on top of the Eclipse Platform.
A showcase of the various features that are already in place
Please note that this project is in it's early stages. So while there is a working EPUB reader – it has not yet reached release quality. However please take it for a test drive and if you feel inclined -- lend a hand to make it better.
The reader is relying on the WebKit HTML rendering engine so this must be present on the host system. On OS X and i.e. Ubuntu 10.04 this is already the case. On Windows; Safari must be installed. Also note that Eclipse version 3.7 or newer is required.
Platform | Requirements |
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Mac OS X 10.7 | None in particular |
Windows 7 | 32-bit SWT, Safari must be installed |
Linux | WebKitGTK 1.2.0 or newer |
The planned set of features are basically those you expect to find in any modern reading system, such as book-like navigation, table of contents, search, bookmarks along with support for adding notes and marking text.
This software is released under the Eclipse Public License 1.0.
Copyright (c) 2011,2012 Torkild Ulvøy Resheim, All Rights Reserved.