ShuBook 2F 書僕

ShuBook 2P Demo

Free

3.3.1for iPhone, iPad

7.3

6 Ratings

Ambibma Ltd.

Developer

Jan 6, 2020

Update Date

Book

About ShuBook 2F 書僕

*** 中文讀者請看 ShuBook 2P 的相關說明。***

■ READING BOOKS

①　Read DRM-free and password-free books of 3 fluid-layout formats and 5 fixed-layout formats

②　Read fluid-layout formats (EPUB, TXT, UPDB) in horizontal page-turning mode

③　Read fixed-layout formats (PDF, RTF, DOC, XLS, PPT) in vertical page-scrolling mode

④　Read in both portrait and landscape orientation

⑤　Long press on text to lookup built-in dictionary, read aloud, and copy

⑥　Support all compatible iPhone and iPad models at native screen resolution

⑦　Provide an option to auto-reopen last book read at the page you left off for fluid-layout formats and fixed-layout formats

For fluid-layout formats:

①　Customize various layout parameters (font family, font size, text alignment, page margin, paragraph indentation, paragraph spacing, line spacing, letter spacing, hyphenation) and apply color themes

②　Provide 16 built-in eye-pleasing color themes and 3 customizable color themes, where you can control background, text, heading and link colors

③　Jump to any page quickly and precisely via page slider with an unobtrusive reading progress line at the bottom of the page

④　Offer Night mode and brightness control by vertical swipe to complement iOS system brightness control via Control Center

⑤　Perform fast full text search and automatically save recent searches

⑥　Save an unlimited number of bookmarks per book

⑦　Long press on text to lookup built-in dictionary, read aloud, copy, search (and correct for UPDB)

■ MANAGING BOOKS

①　Manage books of multiple formats in Library

②　Group books by titles, authors, tags, and clusters with reading progress display

③　Group books by authors hierarchically in Library allowing multiple authors per book

④　Group books by tags hierarchically in Library allowing multiple tags per book

⑤　Group books by clusters hierarchically in Library allowing adding/removing/editing of clusters and re-ordering of clusters and their books

⑥　Search books in Library by title or author, or with help of the index bar

■ GETTING BOOKS IN AND OUT

①　Provide convenient access to millions of free ebooks from multiple sources (HTML websites and OPDS catalogs), including Dropbox and websites you input

②　Perform TXT encoding auto-detection and TXT Smart Break after download/import of TXT files

③　Support downloading tags of books from OPDS catalogs

④　Send and receive books by email

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＊　For users who read Chinese language books, we recommend downloading ShuBook 2P. Otherwise, download ShuBook 2M.

What's New in the Latest Version 3.3.1

Last updated on Jan 6, 2020

Old Versions

- Made night mode reading more comfortable
- Fixed minor bugs

Version History

3.3.1

Jan 6, 2020

- Made night mode reading more comfortable
- Fixed minor bugs

3.3

Nov 9, 2019

- Addressed some iOS 13 compatibility issues
- Improved paragraph extraction heuristics for some poorly-encoded EPUB books
- Added a new Setting switch "Strict decoding of standard EPUB"
- Fixed a few minor bugs that may occur during book reading

3.2

Jul 20, 2019

- Added a one-shot automatic “Sort” button (visible on a left-swipe across the cluster label) to each group of the library, suitable for mixed use with the existing manual sorting method (for iOS 11 or later)
- Added the Settings switch “Infer title from filename” for all book import methods
- Overhauled the support of app data backup, restore and migration, compatible with Files and iTunes
- Addressed import and export incompatibility issues with iTunes 12.3.1 or later
- Fixed TXT download issues from some websites
- Fixed other bugs

3.1

Mar 1, 2019

Fixed some iOS split-view multitasking compatibility issues

3.0

Jan 29, 2019

【New】Features on long-pressing any book entry in the library
【New】Tips about tapping any book icon in the library
【Fix】Jump to a wrong page when some EPUB hyperlink is long-pressed
【Fix】Other minor bugs

2.2.3

Dec 6, 2018

- Improved Simplified Chinese to Traditional Chinese conversion
- Fixed issues of downloading books from some HTML book source websites
- Fixed other minor bugs

2.2.2

Dec 1, 2018

- Fixed bugs related to status bar display

2.2.1

Nov 20, 2018

- Improved compatibility with the new iPad Pro
- Fixed a crash bug when importing via iTunes
- Fixed a bug that does not show the number of books per item when the library is sorted by author/tag

2.2

Nov 9, 2018

- Native support of new iPhone models: iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR
- Enhanced book download support from HTML book source websites
- Enhanced Simplified Chinese to Traditional Chinese conversion
- Fixed some bugs

2.1

Jun 28, 2018

New command "Update This Book (e.g. serial novel)" for books previously downloaded
-【新增】設於「書本信息」頁面的「更新此書（例如連載小說）」菜單命令，適用於之前從網站下載的書

-【新增】提供四大名著《三國演義》、《西遊記》、《水滸傳》及《紅樓夢》精編SOF版的下載鏈接
-【改良】TXT/SOF書的默認封面圖像

Reminder for Chinese readers running non-Chinese iOS to change "Application Language" to "Simplified Chinese" or "Traditional Chinese" in the top-level "Settings" page of the app for a better user experience
-【提醒】建議使用非中文iOS的中文讀者在頂層的「設置」頁面，把「應用語言」設定為「簡體中文」或「繁體中文」

2.0.3

May 4, 2018

- Improved Chinese TXT processing
- Fixed bugs
-【新增】定義「目錄始」和「目錄終」，以完善「書僕開放格式」TXT，現在可以完全覆蓋「好讀UPDB格式」的表達能力
-【改良】更新附帶書《西遊記》，而且以新的「書僕開放格式」取代舊版的「好讀UPDB格式」
-【改良】優化處理有些TXT段首的特殊空格字符
-【修正】修正一些處理「書僕開放格式」時的小錯誤

2.0.2

Apr 10, 2018

- Improved Chinese TXT processing
- Fixed bugs
-【新增】定義「引述」行，以完善「書僕開放格式」TXT，可用於標記引述、詩詞、歌賦、韻文等，並以楷體顯示
-【改良】更新附帶的「書僕開放格式」示範書《經典常談》至第三版
-【修正】修正其他一些小錯誤

2.0.1

Apr 2, 2018

- Improved Chinese EPUB and TXT processing
- Fixed bugs
-【改良】優化簡繁漢字轉換
-【改良】優化針對某些書源網站的中文EPUB書的段首含多餘全形空格符的處理，以減少用戶要按每本書設置「段首縮進」的需要
-【改良】優化針對某些用戶自設的書源網站的中文TXT書的段落推斷，並在豎排時刪除多餘的空格符
-【修正】錯誤：某些用戶的自設書源網站的EPUB書因含某類特別字符而打不開或不能豎排
-【修正】錯誤：從iTunes導入文檔後，沒有遵從由文檔名推斷書名的選擇
-【修正】錯誤：更新app後首次啟動可能就被卡住
-【修正】修正其他一些小錯誤
-【新增】針對某些「輕小說」網站的「觸屏版」網頁和「電腦版」網頁，提供獨有的對應跳轉功能，方便瀏覽和下載

2.0

Mar 25, 2018

This is a major release focused on improvement of Chinese book reading and download. Also included are a new System setting “Clean Up & Rebuild” for repair, and some regression bug fixes.

重點推介TXT書新格式，回應為期半年的「問卷調查」中多數用戶表達的意願
-【新增】設計及支持「書僕開放格式」——簡明易讀、易學易用的TXT書格式，超越網上眾多規範模糊的TXT書格式
-【新增】附送新編的朱自清名著《經典常談》，以該TXT書內含的多個注釋和例子，精準說明「書僕開放格式」
-【改良】附送《The Art of War》（孫子兵法英文版）第二版

免費下載更多網上的中文小說到你的書庫
-【新增】預設多個精心挑選的「網頁書源」網站，提供海量的EPUB和TXT小說下載
-【新增】針對「起點中文網」的「觸屏版」網頁和「電腦版」網頁，提供獨有的對應跳轉功能，方便瀏覽和下載
-【新增】首次要打開無封面圖像的書時，會自動提醒用戶有自選封面的功能
-【改良】下載中文TXT書並成功處理後，自動提取書名和作者，用於書庫管理，無需人工編輯書本信息
-【提示】更新前已在書庫裡的TXT書，可以試試在「編輯書本信息」頁面，輕按「還原出版者默認值」

優化對中文書的處理，閱讀效果更好
-【改良】優化中文「TXT智能斷章」，包括對「飛庫網」TXT斷章格式的準確識別
-【改良】優化對中文TXT段落（vs.非段落）的推斷，適用例子包括「飛庫網」TXT
-【改良】優化對有些中文EPUB沒有明確標記HTML段落的推斷，適用例子包括「起點中文網」EPUB
-【改良】優化對有些中文EPUB段首的多餘空格符號處理，適用例子包括「愛下電子書」EPUB
-【改良】優化對有些中文EPUB內含特殊字符的處理，減少不能豎排的機會

其他
-【改良】編輯「勘誤表」條目時，檢測及提醒「錯謬」與「更正」的內容應該不同
-【新增】書本設置＞外觀與控制：新選項容許在書頁上可以縱向划動去直接控制系統屏幕亮度
-【新增】系統設置裡，在本應用的項目中，添加「清理與重建」按鈕，以備修復啟動時偶然出現的各種問題，例如黑屏現象
-【減省】去掉無法與「拆分視圖」兼容的「鎖定頁面定向」開關（只適用於iPad）
-【修正】修正一些意想不到的錯誤，起因於1.8.1版採用「多工處理、拆分視圖」架構而產生的一些副作用被忽略了
-【修正】修正有時打開書本後沒有自動跳到上次離開前的位置的錯誤
-【修正】修正其他一些小錯誤

1.8.1

Mar 11, 2018

Support Multitasking so that you can use two apps such as ShuBook 2P and ShuBook 2F in Split View at the same time (applicable only to iPad running iOS 11 or later)

1.8

Dec 9, 2017

- Native support of iPhone X
- Migration of all books and bookmarks from one device to another
- iOS 11 compatibility updates
- Minor bug fixes

1.7.8

Jul 11, 2017

- Resolved some compatibility issue with Calibre 3.x OPDS Server

1.7.7

May 9, 2017

- Added an option to also delete a book from Library when it is deleted from Recent
- Resolved some iOS 10.3 compatibility issues
- Adopted a new app icon

1.7.6

Jan 18, 2017

- Bundled 碧瑪版「西遊記」 for trying out Chinese book specific features
- Fixed some bugs related to device rotation

1.7.5

Nov 22, 2016

- Added a "Look & Control" option to hide the reading progress line at the page bottom
- Enhanced UPDB/TXT errata to deal with typos containing newline and slash characters
- Fixed a text-selection by long-press bug that affected EPUB books with images for iOS 10
- Made other minor enhancements and bug fixes

1.7.4

Jul 30, 2016

＋　Further enhanced TXT Smart Break to deal with Chinese text files containing irregular headings
＋　Automatically detected and repaired TXT files containing invalid characters that would have failed vertical layout

1.7.1

Apr 20, 2016

＋　Fixed a bug that prevented auto-opening a book at the page you left off, if the book is of a fixed-layout format
＋　Fixed a few other minor bugs

1.7

Apr 8, 2016

＋　Added “San Francisco” font (iOS 9 required)
＋　Updated the icons of the three neighboring lists (TOC, Bookmarks, Recent Searches)
＋　Cleaned up the long-press context menu
＋　Fixed issues of displaying nearby text of the target string in matches returned by full book search
＋　Fixed a few other minor bugs

1.6.2

Jan 16, 2016

- Allowed renaming of the “Unclustered” cluster so that all downloaded or imported books that are placed in “Unclustered” by default can be put into a new cluster in one step
- Made the display of book cover thumbnails optional so that more room can be given to the display of book titles and authors
- Fixed a bug in Language Code setting in Edit Book Info where a change may not be honored in some cases
- Fixed a bug in Book Import where the NO option for “Infer Title from Filename” is not honored

1.6.1

Dec 21, 2015

- Enhanced support of new Chinese font PingFang for iOS 9
- Enhanced support of iPad Pro
- Fixed bugs

1.6

Sep 27, 2015

Update for iOS 9

1.5

Jul 9, 2015

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